Dicebot on leaving D: It is anarchy driven development in all its glory.

[rikki cattermole]

On 07/09/2018 2:30 AM, Guillaume Piolat wrote:
> On Thursday, 6 September 2018 at 13:30:11 UTC, Chris wrote:
>> And autodecode is a good example of experts getting it wrong, because, 
>> you know, you cannot be an expert in all fields. I think the problem 
>> was that it was discovered too late.
> 
> There are very valid reasons not to talk about auto-decoding again:
> 
> - it's too late to remove because breakage
> - attempts at removing it were _already_ tried
> - it has been debated to DEATH
> - there is an easy work-around
> 
> So any discussion _now_ would have the very same structure of the 
> discussion _then_, and would lead to the exact same result. It's quite 
> tragic. And I urge the real D supporters to let such conversation die 
> (topics debated to death) as soon as they appear.

+1
Either decide a list of conditions before we can break to remove it, or 
yes lets let this idea go. It isn't helping anyone.