Is there any chance in the near future that BootCamp will support EFI booting of Windows?

I realise it may take a firmware update to achieve this but it really goes against the grain to add a hybrid mbr to a GPT system just to boot Windows in bios compatibility mode - especially when Windows 64 bit can boot natively in EFI mode now.
It's a dangerous setup and automatically limits the number of partitions available to the user, without jiggery pokery.
Things would be so much simpler for users.
I have requested the same through Apple feedback. More than once and will continue to ask.

I've read a lot of posts from people that got this to work without a problem..
I've been trying to get Windows 7 installed in EFI mode for several days now, I keep getting a (not common so it seems) problem where the Boot Manager (hold Option during boot) hangs with graphical problems.
I'm burning a Windows 7 64bit DVD right now that should be the best I can do to get it to go into Windows Installation mode. I'll let you know how that works out
A few links to keep you busy reading:
Win7 x64 booting natively via EFI (no bios emulation) @ Macrumors
Tutorial] Install Windows 8 on a mac via native EFI @ The Tech Erra
Dual booting Windows 8 and Mountain Lion natively using EFI @ insideTheAsylum

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