Deprecating this(this)

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 04/02/2018 12:14 PM, Paolo Invernizzi wrote:
> On Monday, 2 April 2018 at 16:00:11 UTC, bachmeier wrote:
>> On Monday, 2 April 2018 at 15:30:23 UTC, Paolo Invernizzi wrote:
> 
>>> Andrei wrote in the message
> 
>>>> I am looking for folks to assist me in creating a DIP for that.
>>>> There will be a _lot_ of work involved, so don't take it lightly.
> 
>> Andrei is asking others to write a DIP to formalize a decision
> 
> <snip>
> 
>> There's not even an attempt made to pretend there's symmetry. The only 
>> way for Manu (and basically anyone else) to propose a change is to 
>> write a DIP. Andrei won't even participate in discussions without a 
>> DIP. That's probably a good idea. What's not a good idea is to make 
>> unilateral decisions about major breaking changes, posting in the 
>> forum, and then asking others to write the DIP. That's corporate 
>> software development, and it's very discouraging to potential 
>> contributors.
> 
> I think you are plain wrong on this: the 'P' in a DIP stands for 
> Proposal, so any decision is not taken yet. And I'll bet:
> 
> - Andrei will be the main author or he will partecipate in the writing.
> - the DIP will follow the usual proceeding, exactly like the others.

Affirmative. No need to discuss this further, it's a simple 
misunderstanding. I'd agree with bachmeier if his perception was correct.