Agreed. If IDEs and alternative compilers are all building off of the spec because it's the path of least resistance, and there are no bugs for a while, the def

Agreed. If IDEs and alternative compilers are all building off of the spec because it's the path of least resistance, and there are no bugs for a while, the defacto standard impl is going to face serious scrutiny for parting from it. And, as you said, proto isn't in a great position to be making crazy changes anyway.