On Wed, 19 Sep 2012 23:18:31 +0100
Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccre...@googlemail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:13:41 +0200
> > If you care, then you should consider finding a good solution which
> > will fix the code now, instead of saying 'it is illegal' and 'we can
> > fix it in an awful way in next 10 years'.
> 
> EAPI 5 doesn't appear to be 10 years off. And there are several good
> solutions, all of which have been discussed previously. The best is to
> write smaller, less convoluted eclasses that don't mix functionality
> and overriding default functions.

And what can I do about it? People want it this way.

> > > Or to put it another way, the point of having a spec is not to
> > > give you something to argue about every time it is brought up.
> > 
> > You know, good specs come with a thing called 'rationale' for
> > various points.
> 
> You're welcome to write it. You seem to have lots of free time. I'd
> even be happy to point you in the direction of all the previous
> discussions of this kind of thing, if you have difficulty finding
> them.

Rationale should be written by the person writing the spec, don't you
know? It's your words, so your rationale. Your duty.

I can give my rationale for my ideas.

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny

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