In addition, I should add there are synergy effects in having the community (and the major libraries) settling on a common way, and you'll only really get that

In addition, I should add there are synergy effects in having the community (and the major libraries) settling on a common way, and you'll only really get that if there is a built-in. However, if the philosophy here is to be unopinionated and optimize for flexibility over everything else, I feel I can't really fault them for making that choice.