# Raising the bar for introducing new syntax

**URL:** <https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/raising-the-bar-for-introducing-new-syntax/7458>\
**Category:** language design\
**Created:** [May 6, 2018, 10:08am UTC](https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/raising-the-bar-for-introducing-new-syntax/7458 "2018-05-06T10:08:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Centril](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/internals.rust-lang.org/centril/32/3334_2.png) [@Centril](https://internals.rust-lang.org/u/Centril)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/raising-the-bar-for-introducing-new-syntax/7458/13 "2018-05-06T14:59:40Z")

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Except I didn’t say it was a dictatorship; I said: _“The language team is then responsible for making sure that the **objections of people towards the RFC are considered** and the replies to those.”_

Some examples can be helpful:

- [https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1951#issuecomment-306971623](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1951#issuecomment-306971623)
- [https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1925#issuecomment-325500881](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1925#issuecomment-325500881)
- [https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1925#issuecomment-325274510](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/1925#issuecomment-325274510)
- [Up-votes instead of down-votes on RFCs](https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/up-votes-instead-of-down-votes-on-rfcs/6309/14)
- EDIT: [https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/2388#issuecomment-381201604](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/2388#issuecomment-381201604)
- EDIT2: [https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs#what-the-process-is](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs#what-the-process-is)

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