Re: preliminary GLISS discussions

[David Kastrup]

Graham Percival <address@hidden> writes:

> The basic question is "is it too late to change anything, and can
> we mitigate that pain?".  I think it's not too late, particularly
> if the change can be done automatically, and particularly if we
> promise support for the new syntax.  Alternatively, if it really
> _is_ too late to change anything, then let's declare that to be
> policy and make a promise not to change things.

Change things from _what_?  The last state as defined in the manual?
The last state as haphazard as it happens to be?

There is no point in making a promise "not to change things" if we don't
have a reliable definition of what "things" even is.

-- 
David Kastrup