[llvm-dev] The undef story

[C Bergström via llvm-dev]

Moving this discussion back to something productive - I think if there's
any chance of technical merit left it should be around bugs filed and maybe
even patches attached. Purely technical and code to review would allow
everyone to move past feelings and focus on what's really important.



On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 10:21 PM, Robinson, Paul via llvm-dev <
llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:

> I say that I have a mild personality disorder such that I can’t say
>
> things in politically correct style, and that this is a disability that I
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> have had for the last third of my adult life.  I would like to think that
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> folks could accommodate someone with a disability.  I would like
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> to think that llvm-dev could be such a place.
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> You are not alone in making such a claim.  However, claiming an inability
> to discern hurtful behavior does not give you license to commit hurtful
> behavior.  In a community whose norms include avoiding hurtful behavior, it
> means you need to pay more attention to that possibility in order to meet
> those norms.
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> Here's a procedure I try to use after writing an email, and that has been
> helpful:
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>                if (mentioned someone or addressed remarks directly to
> someone)
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> and (attributed some non-technical motivation or emotional response to
> that person)
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>                               then remove or rewrite that part
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>
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> Note that the nature (positive or negative) of the attributed motivation
> or response is not relevant, just that I am making such an attribution.
> Mostly I can identify those cases pretty easily.
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>
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> It gets me to change statements like "Peter, you are emotionally incapable
> of participating positively in this community" to "Peter, here's a tactic
> to help you participate more positively in this community."
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> Hope this helps,
>
> --paulr
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