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| Posted by RazvanN in reply to matheus | PermalinkReply |
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RazvanN
Posted in reply to matheus
| On Tuesday, 13 September 2022 at 11:47:30 UTC, matheus wrote:
> On Tuesday, 13 September 2022 at 10:44:47 UTC, Sergey wrote:
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>> Does “Wontfix” mean that it is not a bug, it is a feature?
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> I had the same question in another thread like this, I think it would be nice to have a bit of insight about this one and Invalid.
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> Matheus.
As there is no official definitions for the categories, I'm just going to lay out what I understand as being the difference between the two:
1. WONTFIX means that the reported issue might have some merit, however, due to other circumstances the feature or fix that is being asked for is not going to be implemented. Reasons for that may be: the proposed feature does not bring a reasonable benefit, the implementation might add unreasonable complexity, the fix might cause massive breaking changes, the feature that is request does not bode well with other language features etc.
2. INVALID means that the bug report comes from a misunderstanding of the spec or the compiler features, or the code snippet that is reported contains a bug etc.
The fundamental difference between the two is that a WONTFIX bug report might have some merit, but because of various reasons it is not going to be pursued, whereas an INVALID bug report does not have any grounds for asking for a change.
That being said, there might be situations where the difference between a category or another are not that obvious so people might mislabel bug reports. If that is the case, feel free to comment on the bug report page to make a case for what you think the right labeling is.
I hope this brings more light in the distinction.
Cheers,
RazvanN
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