On Wed, 8 Dec 2021 at 23:18, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > Part of the problem is that it is really REALLY hard to figure out > what the actual objections are. I asked, and the one clear answer I > got was one subjective opinion that the cognitive load exceeded the > benefit. Great! That's one person's concern. I've responded to that by > clarifying parts of the cognitive load problem, and that's about as > far as that can go.
Um, what parts of my response were unclear? I gave 4 specific points, Brendan gave 4 more (there wasn't much overlap with mine, either). Multiple people have mentioned that the proposed syntax is confusing. You don't have to respond to everyone individually, and indeed you shouldn't - it's the cumulative effect that matters. Telling 10 people that their concern "is one person's concern" doesn't address the fact that 10 people felt similarly. And honestly, there's only about 10 active participants in this thread, so even 5 people with reservations about the syntax is still "half the people who expressed an opinion". Yes, many of the concerns are somewhat subjective, and many of them are subject to a certain amount of interpretation. That's the nature of this sort of issue. If I said to you that the biggest issue here was that "in the group of people on python-ideas who were motivated enough to get involved in discussions, about half of the participants were arguing against the proposal"¹ would that be a concrete enough objection for you? Count it as my 5th objection, if you like. I know we're not putting the PEP to a vote here, but proposed changes *are* supposed to achieve a certain level of consensus (in the normal course of events - of course the SC can approve anything, even if it's hugely unpopular, that's their privilege). Paul ¹ That's just my gut feeling. Feel free to check the actual numbers and counter my argument with more precise facts. _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/MZIA2BTDWLYJ3IMNGRNWFHOQ5U62NMMZ/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
