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On 12/30/2017 06:18 PM, David Golden wrote: > On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 2:36 PM, Zefram <zefram@fysh.org > <mailto:zefram@fysh.org>> wrote: > > With smartmatch changes now reverted for 5.28, we need to decide > pretty soon whether, and in which parts, smartmatch and switch > should be > deprecated in 5.28. > > > I have serious reservations. The 'experimental' designation is a > stronger 'may be removed anytime' statement than 'deprecated'. > Applying a deprecation cycle to an experimental feature is bizarre. It is bizarre. You are right. > > [...] > > If we want to keep smartmatch experimental and remove known bad > behaviors -- and see if that breaks less stuff in the common cases -- > that might be a reasonable alternative, and shouldn't require a > deprecation cycle. This is what we have done and it caused enough of an uproar in the user-base to require a different approach in this one particular case. It is bizarre but taking a step back and trying a different way is the most user-friendly thing to do here. I would opt for that than an aggressive step. We have done then when we deemed it necessary before and I prefer avoiding them when possible.Thread Previous | Thread Next