On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 9:03 PM <Aleksej.Penkov_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Hi Andrew,
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> Thanks for the explanation.
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> I thought that if this email pre-discussion vetoes the idea, then it makes
> no sense to go to drafting it etc.
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> But if it’s not like that, I can start preparing a draft.
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std-proposals can't veto anything, it's just here to give constructive
feedback and ideas. If you still think the feature is a good idea for C++,
then I encourage you to proceed with a paper.

Regards,
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> Aleksej Penkov
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> *Cc:* Penkov Aleksej, JC-6 <Aleksej.Penkov_at_[hidden]>
> *Subject:* Re: [std-proposals] A proposal on default enum initialization
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> On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 6:49 PM Aleksej Penkov via Std-Proposals <
> std-proposals_at_[hidden]> wrote:
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> Thanks a lot for the discussion and your comments.
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> So am I right with the understanding that the idea is a ‘no-go’?
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> That's not how the process works. You need to write a formal proposal.
> See https://www.stroustrup.com/how-to-write-a-proposal.pdf
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> You (or a champion) then need to present the formal proposal to WG21 at a
> meeting, likely the EWGI subgroup which deals initially with language
> extensions. They will then discuss it and take a vote whether they want to
> consider working on it.
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> I'd start by writing a draft of the formal proposal and then posting the
> draft document to std-proposals. We can let you know the next step once
> this is done. For examples of other proposals see
> https://wg21.link/index.html
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