Submit for SLIP

[mdedetrich]

What are peoples thoughts on submitting this to SLIP (i.e. https://github.com/scala/slip). If it manages to get incorporated as a stdlib, it would greatly help improve the adoption

[eed3si9n]

It might make sense to aim for the Scala modules like scala-parser-combinators, so it's still opt-in.
In general though, the purpose of this project (zero dependency, common AST, long term bincompat) aligns well with Scala Library or its module friends.

[mdedetrich]

SLIP created at scala/slip#28

[jrudolph]

An alternative route would be to first get adoption and then have a SLIP discussion.

[SethTisue]

There's no time limit on SLIPs. It seems likely, given the reaction so far, that at the meeting next week we'll decide to make the SLIP official (give it a number, add it to the SLIP list, and encourage it to move forward — with no decision yet on the final outcome, of course!), but also put it on hold until at least some of the major JSON library authors are on board.

Still, I think having the SLIP draft out there, and the official encouragement of the SLIP committee behind it, could help focus people's efforts and drive adoption, so we're glad this is happening. (Thank you, @mdedetrich.)

[mdedetrich]

Thanks heaps for the help @SethTisue. Just letting you know that a lot of the major JSON library/web framework authors were on board, but I suppose it depends on what you mean by "on board". Some said they were happy to support it, others said they would adopt it in the next major release and others were indifferent (not intentionally, it was a draft proposal for a while). Actually went out of my way hunting down the various authors.

I think that one of the good things that would come from it becoming an SLIP is that people (particularly library authors) will start taking it seriously. Have finally gotten some very good feedback from the SLIP pull request which I didn't get before