new DIP48: Interface specifications for aggregate types

[Jesse Phillips]

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"