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                                            Gavin King

make 'then' optional in 'if' expressions?

So far it doesn't look like we have a single person who supports making this change!

backend visibility error calling java.lang.StringBuilder.length()

Sounds like it could be fixed by removal of the unnecessary typecast to `AbstractStringBuilder`.

problem implementing higher-order generics

OK great thanks

problem implementing higher-order generics

Relates to #2358.

parameter type inference for anonymous functions in assignments

Given that I'm doing work in this area now, as a consequence of #6615, time is probably ripe to make a start on this issue.

parameter type inference for anonymous functions in assignments

This is now basically done, on the `6615` branch.

parameter type inference for anonymous functions in assignments

@fwgreen I just tried it with this code: ```ceylon shared interface Request {} shared interface Response {} shared alias Route => Object(Request, Response); shared Route bar = (req, res) =>...

parameter type inference for anonymous functions in assignments

I've merged this work to master. Still need to define it in the spec.

package/module name recommendation is too heavy-handed

The reason for this warning is that we have to support case-insensitive filesystems. This causes a problem if you have both `fooBar` and `foobar` as a package name element.

package/module name recommendation is too heavy-handed

Well because we don't know all the module names that exist in the universe at compilation time. (OTOH, we do know the names of all source files in a package...