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They haven't even decided if this should be a language feature at all, an you are already bikeshedding the name...

• rocqua 4y ago
  Bikeshedding from the outside is fine. As long as actual decision makers and productive project members aren't participating, bikeshedding can even be fun.
  • themulticaster 4y ago
    Be careful with that - some Rust team members are active around HN [1], some are even participating in the comment section for this post. So I guess we need to exclude them from the outsider-exclusive bikeshedding event. I agree, bikeshedding can be fun, as long as it's not during a meeting. [1] Steve Klabnik, I know you're going to see this - just wanted to say hi, I hope you're having a nice day :)
    • steveklabnik 4y ago
      I'm doing okay, thanks! I'm not on any Rust teams, anymore, though. There are some other folks around so your point isn't incorrect, only about me.
• sgtnoodle 4y ago
  It's not really my place to warn you since it's not my problem, but I take exception to your assertion that the poster is in error. I think we should raise the bar, and check ourselves when being too critical. Try not to panic when other folk throw out ideas, even when you find fault in them. I didn't expect this to be a political topic, unlike abortion the last few days. Yeetsh! I've been recently working on a new system that involves a custom IDL. We ended up adding a "[<=]" syntax, but we were worried it would be confusing to new developers. We realized it would make people happy to have an excuse to type smiley faces, though.
  • sgtnoodle 4y ago
    I guess folk here don't like puns.