[J3] [EXTERNAL] Re: 21-120r2: Discussion on the feasibility of any future enhancement of Enumeration Type

[Ondřej Čertík]

On Tue, Mar 2, 2021, at 4:41 PM, Van Snyder via J3 wrote:
> The controversy concerning 21-120 illustrates that C ENUM was a bad 
> idea i the first place. Bill has it right.
> 
> Please think through what is being done. Do it right. Don't do half 
> measures. Doing nothing is better than adding a kludge that can't be 
> undone.

Yes, I also want to voice that it's better to wait and do it right, than putting a feature in the language that does not have a strong consensus. Also, one of the huge advantages of Fortran, compared to some competition, is that it is a simple language. By adding features, we are slowly losing this advantage. And so if we do put a new feature in, it should rather be a feature that has a community consensus and is a strong new feature that outweighs the negative cost of making Fortran bigger.

Ondrej