Re: Submitting requests to the ARG, was: Re: stopping a loop iteration without exiting it

["Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>]

On 08/01/2018 22:48, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2018-01-08, Dmitry A. Kazakov <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> wrote:
>> On 2018-01-08 21:57, Randy Brukardt wrote:
>>> And if you don't ask, there is
>>> absolutely no chance because it isn't on the ARG's radar.
>>
>> Making a formal request requires a language lawyer. Unfortunately there
>> is no Ada public defender's office ... (:-))
> 
> I don't know if Dmitry is joking or not, but language lawyers most
> certainly are _not_ required when submitting an issue to the ARG.
> 
> You just need to provide clear examples of your reasoning and maybe
> some suggestions about what you would like the new syntax or
> semantics to look like and why.
> 
> Most important however, is that you _MUST_ state at the beginning
> of your submission what it is that you think Ada is missing and
> what your proposal brings to Ada.
> 
> Everything else in your proposal should follow on from that; there's
> no point in submitting unstructured paragraphs of text to the ARG
> that don't state _what_ you are asking to be fixed in Ada and why.
> 
> Just make your submission readable, give _clear_ reasons for it,
> and provide examples that clarify your reasoning or concerns.
> 
> That's all I had to do. (Oh, and make sure you register for the
> ARG mailing list so that you can read the responses; the initial
> period after you submit your proposal is a two-way process where
> you can respond to questions and comments about your proposal.)

Sure. And representing the case in a favorable light is all what a 
lawyer does. He must push right buttons at right places, which not 
necessarily has anything to do with the merits of the proposal, 
especially of a trivial one like "raise when" or "goto <loop-label>".

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Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de