Allow Arbitary Block Objects

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Feature request from Flyingmana, posted on GitHub Sep 20, 2015

while we already have an Interface for Blocks (BlockInterface), there is still a place, which enforces usage of the abstract Block class (\Magento\Framework\View\Element\AbstractBlock).

https://github.com/magento/magento2/blob/develop/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/Layout/Generato...

While its not a problem to extend from there, I think it is not necessary for all Blocks

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Comment from voleye, posted on GitHub Sep 23, 2015

@Flyingmana ,Thank you for the idea! We have created an issue in the product backlog. We will get back to you once we complete the analysis.

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Comment from davidalger, posted on GitHub Nov 10, 2015

@voleye Can you provide an update on what the result of the internal analysis of this was?