Re: [swift-evolution] [swift-evolution-announce] Swift 5: start your engines

2017-08-09 Thread John McCall via swift-evolution
> On Aug 9, 2017, at 8:52 PM, Howard Lovatt via swift-evolution > wrote: > I am not against these changes, of requiring an implementation, but I am a > little nervous. Let me expand. > > I was involved in the Java Coin initiative for community driven changes to > Java 7. In that process the im

Re: [swift-evolution] [swift-evolution-announce] Swift 5: start your engines

2017-08-09 Thread Howard Lovatt via swift-evolution
I am not against these changes, of requiring an implementation, but I am a little nervous. Let me expand. I was involved in the Java Coin initiative for community driven changes to Java 7. In that process the implementation barrier was set very high and it effectively meant that only changes from