On Mon, 2020-05-18 at 16:01 -0500, Pete Dietl wrote: > I concur that string handling and comparison should be considered in > a separate discussion. > > So let’s consider just integer comparison and arithmetic here?
The usual method is someone makes a concrete proposal (say, something on the same level of detail that we'd add to the user's manual, along with implementation notes if there is anything that isn't obvious --unlikely in this situation) and then we can critique it.