On consensus decision-making (was Re: Alternative decorator syntax - POLL RESULTS SO FAR - ARE WEDONE?)

[Anthony Baxter]

On 22 Aug 2004 19:36:38 +0300, Ville Vainio <ville at spammers.com> wrote:
> So, to proceed building community consensus for J2, the community
> needs to be asked whether they would block J2 (possibly with the
> "using" keyword) in favor of another non- at pie syntax?

I'd phrase it more as "does anyone have any absolute show-stopper
problems with this syntax?" 

Plenty of people will hate _any_ new syntax - often (based on the hate
mail I've received) for no clearly articulated reasons.