On 11/08/2017 01:15 PM, Sven Van Caekenberghe wrote:

What is the opinion of the original Tonel designers ?

Well, Esteban did the largest part of the work, but I guess I am *one* of the original designers, in that various design proposals were floated back and forth, starting with one of mine and ending with Tonel.

My intent is that Tonel, as a declarative cross-platform format, should use strings exclusively, never Symbols. I *think* I discussed this with Esteban during ESUG, and I *think* he agreed, so it seems likely that the current behavior with class definitions is unintentional.

Regards,

-Martin