Printing shortest decimal form of floating point number with Mir

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On Wednesday, 23 December 2020 at 17:22:28 UTC, Ola Fosheim 
Grøstad wrote:
> On Wednesday, 23 December 2020 at 17:08:26 UTC, 9il wrote:
>>
>> C++ templates can be resolved, at least at the level Mir needs 
>> this. So, it is a bug in my opinion. But it was said the DIP 
>> is required. I can't write DIP well and was very happy that 
>> Stefanos wrote the DIP and even the druft.
>
> Yes, if something is perceived as bug it becomes a burden to 
> remember that it is isn't. Not sure why anyone resist this 
> improvement. Hm, he seems to be a compiler consultant now, but 
> no longer interested in D?
>
> Maybe the DIP should have pushed harder on what other languages 
> support (might be viewed as a stronger political argument).
>
That would take someone

1) who really really cares and has lot's of time on their hands
2) is paid to do that job so they're motivated to keep pushing 
politically (Without clear communication)
3) really needs to get that fixed for the job

None of which seems to me we're making it easy for people without 
time of their hands to make contribution. Spending hours-days 
writing a DIP or pull request that doesn't get the attention it 
deserves can be very demoralizing (undervalued). Even anything as 
simple as an idea, especially (or at least) coming from a very 
technical person, deserves some attention and clear 
feedback/communication. I've seen people quit their job after 
such experiences...and that's a PAID job.

Looks to me like running away from responsibility or like I've 
been saying, a missing hand needed to bridge that gap.