Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 18:13:34 +0000
On Tue, 29 Oct 2024, 14:33 Frederick Virchanza Gotham via Std-Proposals, <
std-proposals_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 27, 2024 at 8:25 PM Jonathan Wakely wrote:
> >
> > So this time you haven't even bothered to pretend there's a good reason
> to support this.
> >
> > This list is for PROPOSALS not idle banter and time wasting.
>
>
> We argued this point back in March, around about here:
> https://lists.isocpp.org/std-proposals/2024/03/9444.php
>
> I remember also last year there was discussion here about the scope of
> this mailing list, and I remember the late Edward Catmur made a very
> good contribution to the discussion to affirm that this is the right
> place to float an idea.
>
> Jonathan, if you want a group where people only share
> thoroughly-developed ideas, then you'll need to either start a new
> group or try to have the scope of this one changed.
>
> This particular mailing list is not just for sharing papers, it's also
> a place to make challenges on long-standing trends in the language, or
> to float a half-baked idea.
>
OK, you floated it. It's a terrible idea with no justification whatsoever.
std-proposals_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 27, 2024 at 8:25 PM Jonathan Wakely wrote:
> >
> > So this time you haven't even bothered to pretend there's a good reason
> to support this.
> >
> > This list is for PROPOSALS not idle banter and time wasting.
>
>
> We argued this point back in March, around about here:
> https://lists.isocpp.org/std-proposals/2024/03/9444.php
>
> I remember also last year there was discussion here about the scope of
> this mailing list, and I remember the late Edward Catmur made a very
> good contribution to the discussion to affirm that this is the right
> place to float an idea.
>
> Jonathan, if you want a group where people only share
> thoroughly-developed ideas, then you'll need to either start a new
> group or try to have the scope of this one changed.
>
> This particular mailing list is not just for sharing papers, it's also
> a place to make challenges on long-standing trends in the language, or
> to float a half-baked idea.
>
OK, you floated it. It's a terrible idea with no justification whatsoever.
Received on 2024-10-29 18:14:55