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Enigmatism415
I believe that /n/ and /l/ should also always be distinguished in Cantonese Romanisation, regardless of how one prefers to pronounce [n], because it reduces homophones.
It doesn't reduce homophones if they are pronounced the same, regardless of how you spell them: that's the definition of a homophone.
Romanisation is less than useless if it doesn't correspond to the way words are pronounced, that's the only reason for it's existence. As the language evolves so too must the romanisation, otherwise learners will just use a more modern romanisation scheme which does relate to the sounds of the words they are learning.