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<span id="id1"></span><h1>MEP Template<a class="headerlink" href="#mep-template" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>

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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#status" id="id2">Status</a></li>

<li><a class="reference internal" href="#branches-and-pull-requests" id="id3">Branches and Pull requests</a></li>

<li><a class="reference internal" href="#abstract" id="id4">Abstract</a></li>

<li><a class="reference internal" href="#detailed-description" id="id5">Detailed description</a></li>

<li><a class="reference internal" href="#implementation" id="id6">Implementation</a></li>

<li><a class="reference internal" href="#backward-compatibility" id="id7">Backward compatibility</a></li>

<li><a class="reference internal" href="#alternatives" id="id8">Alternatives</a></li>

<p>This MEP template is a guideline of the sections that a MEP should

contain. Extra sections may be added if appropriate, and unnecessary

sections may be noted as such.</p>

<div class="section" id="status">

<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id2">Status</a><a class="headerlink" href="#status" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>

<p>MEPs go through a number of phases in their lifetime:</p>

<ul class="simple">

<li><strong>Discussion</strong>: The MEP is being actively discussed on the mailing

list and it is being improved by its author. The mailing list

discussion of the MEP should include the MEP number (MEPxxx) in the

subject line so they can be easily related to the MEP.</li>

<li><strong>Progress</strong>: Consensus was reached and implementation work has begun.</li>

<li><strong>Completed</strong>: The implementation has been merged into master.</li>

<li><strong>Superseded</strong>: This MEP has been abandoned in favor of another

approach.</li>

<li><strong>Rejected</strong>: There are currently no plans to implement the proposal.</li>

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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id3">Branches and Pull requests</a><a class="headerlink" href="#branches-and-pull-requests" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>

<p>All development branches containing work on this MEP should be linked to from here.</p>

<p>All pull requests submitted relating to this MEP should be linked to

from here. (A MEP does not need to be implemented in a single pull

request if it makes sense to implement it in discrete phases).</p>

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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id4">Abstract</a><a class="headerlink" href="#abstract" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>

<p>The abstract should be a short description of what the MEP will achieve.</p>

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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id5">Detailed description</a><a class="headerlink" href="#detailed-description" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>

<p>This section describes the need for the MEP. It should describe the

existing problem that it is trying to solve and why this MEP makes the

situation better. It should include examples of how the new

functionality would be used and perhaps some use cases.</p>

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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id6">Implementation</a><a class="headerlink" href="#implementation" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>

<p>This section lists the major steps required to implement the MEP.

Where possible, it should be noted where one step is dependent on

another, and which steps may be optionally omitted. Where it makes

sense, each step should include a link related pull requests as the

implementation progresses.</p>

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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id7">Backward compatibility</a><a class="headerlink" href="#backward-compatibility" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>

<p>This section describes the ways in which the MEP breaks backward incompatibility.</p>

<div class="section" id="alternatives">

<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id8">Alternatives</a><a class="headerlink" href="#alternatives" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>

<p>If there were any alternative solutions to solving the same problem,

they should be discussed here, along with a justification for the

chosen approach.</p>

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