The Problem With DIPs

[Ola Fosheim Grøstad via Digitalmars-d]

On Monday, 13 June 2016 at 20:15:09 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 6/13/2016 3:33 AM, Ola Fosheim Grøstad wrote:
>> But would it really have an effect if I wrote a DIP on getting 
>> predictable
>> floating point behaviour? If there is a chance that it would, 
>> then I might
>> consider it :-).
>
> I encourage you to consider it.

Ok, I am considering it. ;-)

I also don't think there is a problem in having DIPs that are in 
limbo. I prefer that over rejection, as most ideas often have 
something to them for others to build upon.

So it is better to just have some fields that lists how one DIP 
is related to another DIP (e.g. "replaced by", "related to", 
"depends on" etc).

Outright rejection probably just discourage people from 
contributing similar DIPs that would be good for the language.

Better with constructive qualitative comments which point out 
unresolved issues, which can lead to new improved DIPs.