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It's interesting that pattern matching has been accepted despite a poll showing a majority (65%) of core developers opposed to this particular proposal, and a p

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• rcxdude 6y ago
  I'm not sure if you can read the 'accept 634 + another' options as opposed to 'accept 634' (that said you can't necessarily read it as in support of it either. This poll is a bit of a mess in that regard). But it's certainly contentious (all options including accepting 634 still only comes to 50%).
  • pansa2 6y ago
    > I'm not sure if you can read the 'accept 634 + another' options as opposed to 'accept 634' However, I’d say that “accept 634 + another” is clearly opposed to “accept 634 & reject both others”, which is the decision that has been made.
    • rcxdude 6y ago
      What matters (if the intent is to accurately determine the preferences of those voting) is whether those voting for those options would prefer rejecting all options or only accepting 634 (hence why ranked-choice voting is a thing). Either way it would probably be healthier for a larger consensus to form before committing to a decision.
• pfalcon 6y ago
  Don't forget that the poll is dated 2020-11-20 (and majority of votes were cast soon). There was a lot of discussion (and thus maybe elaboration of opinions) since that.