I agree, we should survey users of existing tools. The thing is, we *are* those users. The aforementioned brainstorming session was just what you're suggesting. That's what I'm suggesting this mailing list thread be.
For example, I never use Midje's "a => b" outside of a macro. I always wrap fact around it like "(fact a => b)". Firstly because it's clearer to skim for assertions this way. Secondly it works much better with paredit. Now you know how I feel about Midje. If more people chime in with thoughts like this, then we'll have pretty good data to start with. -Steven On Sunday, June 9, 2013 6:11:38 PM UTC-5, Brian Marick wrote: > > > On Jun 9, 2013, at 1:07 PM, Steven Degutis <sbde...@gmail.com<javascript:>> > wrote: > > I think we all agree that it's extremely important to discuss the SPEC > as a community. In fact, since this is a pre-ANN, let's consider this > thread the perfect place for such a discussion. > > I suggest that surveying users of the various existing tools for how they > use them and what they want is a more important first step than worrying > about a data model. > > For example, it would be good to know what parts of Midje that I > personally obsess about are in fact unimportant to the typical user. > > Although open source projects (Midje, certainly) are about one's own itch, > it also helps to see where the users are scratching. > > -------- > Latest book: /Functional Programming for the Object-Oriented Programmer/ > https://leanpub.com/fp-oo > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
