Claus writes:
| Let me see if I understand the rules of this firestorm game: You have
| to repeat your ideas some times to push them through the competition?-)
Actually I think that is a poor way to proceed. That is why I have stopped
sending on this topic --- I have already said what I think and nothing is
gained by repeating it.
Still, your summary was helpful.
The general rule is that unless a consensus emerges about a new feature then
it doesn't get in. (Unless a consensus emerges that something *has* to be
done in which case everyone has to start compromising about *what*.)
In the case of argv, I don't think a consensus has emerged about either of
these matters. So what should probably happen is that it stays out of the
language, but that GHC and HBC both (continue to) provide it anyway, as a
non-standard extension (as they do now).
Simon
