[sv-ec] Proposal for Mantis 3001

hi EC,

I've uploaded what I hope is a complete proposal for Mantis 3001.
It's fairly simple and I think there was some consensus in an
earlier discussion that "base=Derived::new();" makes sense.
It would be nice to put this to bed if there's agreement.

Jonathan Bromley

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