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@@ -362,14 +362,6 @@ To get multiple copies of a library running simultaneously, one needs to spawn a
 \subsection{Scoping}
 \LMLabel{scoping}
 
-%% TODO(eernst): Perhaps this section is the right place for the following?: We
-%% need to say that `\code{Object}` and a handful of other identifiers in this document
-%% are intended to refer to `the built-in class \code{Object}` etc., such that we don't
-%% have to say such a thing everywhere such names are used. Currently we have about 20
-%% occurrences of `the built-in class ..` and such, so they should be deleted when we
-%% specify the general rule here. It needs to be said that this may be a _violation_
-%% of the current scope rules, or that we assume that programs don't shadow these names.
-
 \LMHash{}
 A {\em namespace} is a mapping of names denoting declarations to actual declarations.
 Let $NS$ be a namespace.