Inconsistencies between in-file and out-of-file Components

From the documentation for the Component element:

The Component element allows defining components within a QML file. This can be useful for reusing a small component within a single QML file, or for defining a component that logically belongs with the file containing it.

However, Components embedded in an Item have different semantics from those coming from external files:

• Embedded components don't define a type, instead their use requires a Loader element. This feels quite unnatural and prevents setting properties directly.
  Why does a component defined in the current file have to be "loaded" while external ones be used directly?

• Components defined in external files require trivial wrappers to be used as delegates in ListViews. Why can't a type be used directly as a delegate? If absolutely necessary, the trivial wrapper could be created implicitly.

I think sorting out these differences makes for a more useful more pleasurable declarative language