DIP 1027--String Interpolation--Final Review Discussion Thread

[rikki cattermole]

On 05/02/2020 2:44 AM, jmh530 wrote:
> On Tuesday, 4 February 2020 at 12:47:28 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>> [snip]
>>
>> As I expected, this was rejected, and Walter didn't understand what I 
>> was saying, says we shouldn't bake % into the format specification (it 
>> doesn't), and that it's like AST macros (it's not). Since there's no 
>> arguing on the feedback thread, I didn't want to push it.
>>
>> -Steve
> 
> Several people seem to think it is an important proposal, so I wouldn't 
> want you to get discouraged. However, when you say "Walter didn't 
> understand what I was saying", another way to look at it is "I didn't 
> communicate this well enough to convince Walter".

We talked about this on IRC, our way of looking at it seems to have been 
that we expected Walter to ask questions instead of dismissing a 
potentially important suggestion.

For the record, I do agree that it has potential to significantly 
improve the DIP and its use cases.