Tools tries to instantiate abstract controllers

It's not only Tools. Recess reads the routes from abstract controllers and tries to use them. It even seems to try to instantiate the abstract controller when you use one descended from it.

Here's my ideal: I'd like to be able to define an abstract controller and have its routes read but not used. Anything I don't override in an inheriting controller uses the routing from the parent abstract controller (adjusted for the new prefix, if necessary). But routing statements in the child would override those from the parent.