Re: Coercive Scalar Type Hints RFC

On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 10:28 AM, Anthony Ferrara <ircmaxell@gmail.com> wrote: > Pierre, > >> And finally, this RFC only proposes one solution, so competitive RFCs >> are still required to actually represent alternatives. > > That is a good thing. it should only propose one solution. Making a > single RFC proposing two solutions would be a MASSIVE mistake IMHO as > these proposals are complex and charged enough without trying to make > a voter read a single piece of text that goes back and forth between > two options. > > We need to be simplifying, not making more difficult. Only about 25% > of my RFC is dedicated to the proposal. The other ~75% is dedicated to > summarizing the conversation and acting as a FAQ. That could well live > off-RFC if we used discussion pages or something of the like (which we > likely should). > I am not saying this is good or bad. I only fear the php7-Zend like RFCs being done again with this one. Let prevent that to happen. We need a consensus and well thought compromises. I do not see any of that in that one. -- Pierre @pierrejoye | http://www.libgd.org