That's what I think. Anyone who cares can say (atomic:= ...) or (atomic:zap ...), so I only see a couple of reasons why we'd want to have the 'atomic implicit:
- We want to use it all the time anyway. (I doubt it, but it's hard to tell. I haven't used threads, and therefore I've never bothered to find a way to squeeze utility out of it.)
- There are people who do care, and they'd be better off if the people who didn't care still used 'atomic by accident. (Again, it's hard for me to tell if this is true.)
