On Saturday, 24 September 2022 at 08:45:33 UTC, Dukc wrote:
On Wednesday, 21 September 2022 at 10:39:27 UTC, Mike Parker
wrote:
The fact that the feature was already implemented behind a
preview switch carried weight with Atila. He noted that, if
not for that, he wasn't sure where he would stand on adding
the feature, but he could see no reason to reject it now.
If there is no reason to reject an already-implemented feature,
there's no reason to to reject it as non-implemented either.
Not just already implemented, but reviewed and merged by existing
maintainers. It shows the feature was considered by trusted
colleagues to be worth adding as a preview.
If it feels like it's too much work to implement an otherwise
good DIP, it should be accepted on the condition that someone
does it, not rejected IMO.
DIPs for semantic features are much easier to review when there's
an implementation so people can play with the feature and see how
it interacts with the existing language. Basically the burden
should be on the advocates to make their case, not on the
maintainers to investigate an idea.
