DIP 1027---String Interpolation---Format Assessment

[aliak]

On Tuesday, 25 February 2020 at 16:04:59 UTC, Arine wrote:
> ``How to distinguish a different type? Use a different type. 
> No, is there another simpler way to do that instead?``
>
> Is this really the line of thinking going on here? It seems 
> Walter has these arbitrary rules he's following which led up to 
> the impractical and buggy solution that was DIP1027. Rules 
> aren't meant to be followed blindly.

Calm down. I didn't ask how to distinguish a type. I asked how to 
prevent a behaviour. There's a slight difference. If you 
misunderstood that then maybe I just didn't communicate that 
properly.