I'm strongly in favor of the proposal, but I too think the proposal is missing 
balance. I'd really like to see all the points for and against laid out in one 
place, so they can be weighed appropriately.

Tyler

> On Dec 16, 2015, at 12:13 PM, Nick Shelley via swift-evolution 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Also, the "community responses" section only lists the positive community 
> responses, when the actual community discussion seemed to be more of an even 
> split (if not more people opposed). That's just more evidence that at least 
> this particular proposal is blatantly and purposefully one-sided in its 
> representation of the community's input.
> 
> On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 1:09 PM, Nick Shelley <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> All of the prior swift-evolution commentary on this proposal (which is 
>>> nearing the 100-message mark) will also be considered, of course!
>> 
>> It is my opinion that the proposal should encapsulate as much of that 
>> discussion as possible so every reviewer doesn't have to read every comment 
>> in that thread. The current proposal is wildly one-sided and seems to only 
>> reflect the opinion of its author and those who agree with the proposal. I 
>> created a Pull Request (https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/pull/59, 
>> still not merged and no comments as to why) to more fairly represent the 
>> single counter-argument pointed out in the proposal, but others in the 
>> mailing list expressed concern that none of the other downsides of the 
>> proposal are represented at all.
>> 
>> Is my (and others') desire to have the proposal contain an accurate 
>> representation of the main points of the community discussion off base? Is 
>> the main purpose of the proposal to be a sales pitch for an idea, even if it 
>> includes building up and tearing down straw-man versions of the arguments 
>> brought forth by the opposition? I'm asking with sincere curiosity because I 
>> can't seem to find a good description of the purpose of the proposal in my 
>> research of how the evolution process works.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance for clarifying these points for me.
>> 
>>> On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 11:58 AM, Douglas Gregor via swift-evolution 
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> All of the prior swift-evolution commentary on this proposal (which is 
>>> nearing the 100-message mark) will also be considered, of course!
>>> 
>>>     - Doug
>>> 
>>>> On Dec 16, 2015, at 10:55 AM, Douglas Gregor via swift-evolution 
>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hello Swift community,
>>>> 
>>>> The review of “Require self for accessing instance members” begins now and 
>>>> runs through Sunday, December 20th. The proposal is available here:
>>>> 
>>>>    
>>>> https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0009-require-self-for-accessing-instance-members.md
>>>> 
>>>> Reviews are an important part of the Swift evolution process. All reviews 
>>>> should be sent to the swift-evolution mailing list at
>>>> 
>>>>    https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution
>>>> 
>>>> or, if you would like to keep your feedback private, directly to the 
>>>> review manager.
>>>> 
>>>> What goes into a review?
>>>> 
>>>> The goal of the review process is to improve the proposal under review 
>>>> through constructive criticism and, eventually, determine the direction of 
>>>> Swift. When writing your review, here are some questions you might want to 
>>>> answer in your review:
>>>> 
>>>>    * What is your evaluation of the proposal?
>>>>    * Is the problem being addressed significant enough to warrant a change 
>>>> to Swift?
>>>>    * Does this proposal fit well with the feel and direction of Swift?
>>>>    * If you have you used other languages or libraries with a similar 
>>>> feature, how do you feel that this proposal compares to those?
>>>>    * How much effort did you put into your review? A glance, a quick 
>>>> reading, or an in-depth study?
>>>> 
>>>> More information about the Swift evolution process is available at
>>>> 
>>>>    https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/process.md
>>>> 
>>>>    Cheers,
>>>>    Doug Gregor
>>>>    Review Manager
>>>> 
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