Feature title

Status

Proposed

Summary

One paragraph explanation of the feature.

Motivation

Why are we doing this? What use cases does it support? What is the expected outcome?

Explanation

Explain the proposal as if it was already implemented and you were describing it to an Atom user. That generally means:

• Introducing new named concepts.
• Explaining the feature largely in terms of examples.
• Explaining any changes to existing workflows.

Drawbacks

Why should we not do this?

Rationale and alternatives

• Why is this approach the best in the space of possible approaches?
• What other approaches have been considered and what is the rationale for not choosing them?
• What is the impact of not doing this?

Unresolved questions

• What unresolved questions do you expect to resolve through the RFC process before this gets merged?
• What unresolved questions do you expect to resolve through the implementation of this feature before it is released in a new version of Atom?
• What related issues do you consider out of scope for this RFC that could be addressed in the future independently of the solution that comes out of this RFC?