On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:26:58 -0400, Michiel Helvensteijn
<[email protected]> wrote:
PS: I don't mean to gang up on you. You're just not making yourself
clear on
where you stand on these points and why.
This is typical Walter :) He'll argue the easy ones all day long, and
stay silent on the harder-to-refute ones. Then one day, you'll see the
feature you wanted suddenly and without warning appear in the compiler
(I'm still holding my breath on a few).
Not that this means properties are going to be one of those features, but
still. With Walter, silence is usually all you get when he's coming
around to your side :)
It's a good strategy for someone who's word is almost law when it comes to
D. You have to be careful what you say, flip-flopping around only leads
to knee-jerk feature additions, more bikeshed discussions, and more people
clammoring for feature additions (hey, you added this, why not that!). I
have great respect for the balance he has to deal with between adding
interesting features and keeping a sane spec.
-Steve
