Deprecating this(this)

[Paolo Invernizzi]

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

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> 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.

/Paolo