> The problem is that a bunch of people who didn't care for them did something very extreme by voting against approving C++26.
The only extreme and tone deaf thing I see in this story is how contracts proponents were faced with multiple papers demonstrating quite clearly and extensively how they were broken in specification and in form, but still tried to ignore all the criticism and force them through a consensus process in spite of being clearly opposed.
How does this make any sense? What was the plan here? To blackmail the C++ community to accept a broken feature under threat of the proposal not passing?
Make it make sense?
What I want to see is the people who tried to force contacts upon the process in spite of all opposition to come forth and explain their rationale. It was highly absurd and even unthinkable to force a broken feature down C++'s throats with bureaucratic chicanery, and then complain that the same bureaucracy has mechanisms to stop it's abuse. I for one would like to hear an explanation.
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> The problem is that a bunch of people who didn't care for them did something very extreme by voting against approving C++26.
The only extreme and tone deaf thing I see in this story is how contracts proponents were faced with multiple papers demonstrating quite clearly and extensively how they were broken in specification and in form, but still tried to ignore all the criticism and force them through a consensus process in spite of being clearly opposed.
How does this make any sense? What was the plan here? To blackmail the C++ community to accept a broken feature under threat of the proposal not passing?
Make it make sense?
What I want to see is the people who tried to force contacts upon the process in spite of all opposition to come forth and explain their rationale. It was highly absurd and even unthinkable to force a broken feature down C++'s throats with bureaucratic chicanery, and then complain that the same bureaucracy has mechanisms to stop it's abuse. I for one would like to hear an explanation.