On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 06:47:22AM -0800, Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d wrote: > As discussed in this forum, Kenji has authored > https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dmd/pull/3615 which has been > recently merged. > > By this I am proposing we revert that decision, and quickly - before 2.067 > is released lest we'll need to support it forever. Here's why.
If it wasn't a good idea, I don't have a problem with reverting it, but what I'm wondering is, why raise the objection *now* rather than *months* ago when the PR was sitting in the queue idle? From the discussion on github, it appeared that the only objection against it was that Walter didn't like the syntax. Where were the arguments about it being a superfluous syntax change? Why raise the objections now rather than back then? I think we need to improve the process here. If a PR is not up to par or is a bad idea, or approval from Walter/Andrei is required, can we pretty please mark it as such beforehand? Rather than, as it would appear, let it sit there until someone merges it, only to parachute in after the fact to blast it to bits? (I know that's not the intention, but that's what it looks like, since I've lost count of how many months this particular PR was sitting in the queue with only minor nitpicks raised against it and no sign of imminent doom like it's made out to be now.) T -- This is not a sentence.
