> Float the idea. Post an initial brief description of your feature on the std-proposals mailing list, including especially the problem it solves and alternatives considered.
It doesn't tell you to post any idea that comes to your mind. It tells you to post ideas after thinking about alternatives.
On Sun, Oct 27, 2024 at 8:25 PM Jonathan Wakely wrote:
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> 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.
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