On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 06:32:30PM -0400, Joachim Breitner wrote:
I thought about this. But I fear that this will require a language extension or flag, and then the developers (quite rightly) say that it does not pull its weight of supporting both variants, and it gets lost. But maybe I should give it a shot if they accept it.
Indeed this strikes me as a not a good extension to have: every extension further fragments the ecosystem and is yet another thing to care about if you are reading someone else's code, etc. - the cost probably outweights the benefit on this one. But it seems a good proposal for H2020, as (if it is accepted), the costs linked with an extension/flag (added complexity, fragmentation of the community) aren't there. The "extensions before report modification" is a solid rule, maybe the committee wants to add an exception for proposals which cannot realistically be "packaged" (and achieve widespread use) into extensions?