new DIP48: Interface specifications for aggregate types

[Simen Kjaeraas]

On 2013-09-08, 20:28, Jesse Phillips wrote:

> On Sunday, 8 September 2013 at 18:13:52 UTC, Simen Kjaeraas wrote:
>> In response to Walter's DIP47 I have created my own take on what I see  
>> as the main problem:
>>
>> http://wiki.dlang.org/DIP48
>>
>> Destroy!
>
> Personally I find this practice of creating a competing DIP to be very  
> annoying. This was specifically outlined in the first DIP:
>
> http://prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?LanguageDevel/DIPs/DIP1
> "A DIP should represent a problem the community wants to resolve and not  
> just a specific resolution to a problem. This allows the DIP to be a  
> central hub for any given problem. If a resolution is radically  
> different from the current state of the DIP, an alternative DIP could be  
> created as a sub page, e.g. under /DIPs/DIP1/Alternatives/Alt1?. The DIP  
> should be created in its entirety such that it could replace the current  
> DIP through simple copy and past."
>
> By creating separate DIPs and new forum posts, the discussion is  
> segregated instead of being a progression to a solution. How is one to  
> know that these two DIPs are to address the same problem:
>
> "Outline Member Functions of Aggregates"
> "Interface specifications for aggregate types"

Very good point, and perhaps we should be doing DIPs differently. Or
perhaps the whole system is a bit wrong, in that the problem and the
solution are presented alongside one another. If instead the problem was
explained on the top, and suggested solutions discussed independently below
(or even on separate pages). The way it is now, I for one feel that the DIP
is the creator's property and should not be edited.

-- 
   Simen