spoon-discuss: Re: spoon-business: prop: dependency

[Joel Uckelman <uckelman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Quoth Benjamin Bradley:
> <proposal title="Dependency of Propositions">
> create a rule with the title 'Dependency of Propositions' and the
> following text:
> 
> if a (child) proposition is dependent on one or more other
> (parent) propositions, that means: the dependent proposition cannot pass
> (have effects) unless all of the propositions on which it depends also
> pass. If a dependent proposition passes, but any of its parents' fail, the
> text of the proposition is erased before it takes effect.
> 
> This rule applies only to child/parent propositions on the same ballot.
> </proposal>
> 
> Is this the best way to handle this? It sounds kind of awkward as I read
> it over, but I can't think of dhow to change it...

Why not make passage of parents a necessary condition for passage of children rather than erasing the text of the Proposal?

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J.