https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/15715

I was unconvincing in my arguments, there was too much acrimony, and its effects do not affect the rest of the language. The only credit I can take is my constant challenges to it caused it to evolve into a much better proposal.

Steven has graciously volunteered to work on the addition to the language spec, thank you!

On Tuesday, 16 January 2024 at 20:38:37 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/15715
>
> I was unconvincing in my arguments, there was too much acrimony, and its effects do not affect the rest of the language. The only credit I can take is my constant challenges to it caused it to evolve into a much better proposal.
>
> Steven has graciously volunteered to work on the addition to the language spec, thank you!

Indeed, the discussion led to several ideas and shortcoming-discoveries, resulting in gradually improved proposals.

Well done everyone involved.

On Tuesday, 16 January 2024 at 20:38:37 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/15715
>
> I was unconvincing in my arguments, there was too much acrimony, and its effects do not affect the rest of the language. The only credit I can take is my constant challenges to it caused it to evolve into a much better proposal.
>
> Steven has graciously volunteered to work on the addition to the language spec, thank you!

Kudos to everyone involved, and especially a great thanks to Walter (and ... arsd too!)
Happy to see the grow of mutual trusting between the great team of people D has!

/P, proud D (commercial) user since 2004!

On Tuesday, 16 January 2024 at 20:38:37 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/15715
>
> I was unconvincing in my arguments, there was too much acrimony, and its effects do not affect the rest of the language. The only credit I can take is my constant challenges to it caused it to evolve into a much better proposal.
>
> Steven has graciously volunteered to work on the addition to the language spec, thank you!

This came out of nowhere but I am excited to see it! And I am looking forward to discussing this whole process when we meet-up next. I can see many lessons we can learn from this.

On Tuesday, 16 January 2024 at 20:38:37 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/15715
>
> I was unconvincing in my arguments, there was too much acrimony, and its effects do not affect the rest of the language. The only credit I can take is my constant challenges to it caused it to evolve into a much better proposal.
>
> Steven has graciously volunteered to work on the addition to the language spec, thank you!

Is this going to go behind a feature flag or be part of the upcoming "editions"?

On Tuesday, 16 January 2024 at 20:38:37 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/15715
>
> I was unconvincing in my arguments, there was too much acrimony, and its effects do not affect the rest of the language. The only credit I can take is my constant challenges to it caused it to evolve into a much better proposal.
>
> Steven has graciously volunteered to work on the addition to the language spec, thank you!

Thanks for approving this! I think it will be a great addition to the language.

I will start working on the spec this week, and would volunteer also to implement any specific updates (assuming I have the skills) that need to be done for merging.

I know at least one that we could do that I mentioned a while back...

-Steve

On 1/16/2024 5:15 PM, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
> Is this going to go behind a feature flag or be part of the upcoming "editions"?

Since it is does not affect any other features, there is no reason to put it behind a feature flag.

On Tuesday, 16 January 2024 at 20:38:37 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/15715
>
> I was unconvincing in my arguments, there was too much acrimony, and its effects do not affect the rest of the language. The only credit I can take is my constant challenges to it caused it to evolve into a much better proposal.
>
> Steven has graciously volunteered to work on the addition to the language spec, thank you!

Graciously admitting when  you are wrong is as much a part of real leadership as being right. Well done, Walter.