In general — not necessarily this specific issue — I’d take the lone person pointing out a flaw. Things designed by committee are always compromises at best. S

In general — not necessarily this specific issue — I’d take the lone person pointing out a flaw. Things designed by committee are always compromises at best. Sometimes that’s good, and even necessary! But it doesn’t tend to lead to clean, elegant design. This could be both the right thing for RISC-V and a wart on the design for high-performance implementations.