> On Jul 24, 2017, at 9:22 AM, Félix Cloutier <felix...@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>
> There are other alternatives that don't use generics. Last time this came
> around, the straw man syntax was (4 x Int), and it was merely to be a
> shorthand for (Int, Int, Int, Int).
>
> Every non-existing feature that needs to be implemented to make fixed-size
> arrays work are a drag. I've said it before and I'll say it again: major
> features that this proposal wants to rely on should be brought independently
> and discussed on their own. There are real problems with monolithic proposals:
>
> They couple independent features in an all-or-nothing basket
> They consume a huge amount of review and design energy
> They force sub-features to be viewed through the telescope aimed at the main
> feature, and make it easier to miss problems or opportunities in the big
> pictures
>
> The last point is especially worrying to me because things like non-type
> generic parameters are *much bigger* than fixed-size arrays. I think that
> it's a priority inversion to discuss non-type generic parameters as a bullet
> point of fixed-size arrays.
+ all the 1s
- Dave Sweeris
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