On May 27, 2008, at 2:36 PM, Hamish Allan wrote:
On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 6:35 PM, Peter Duniho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Honestly, I'm surprised to have to reiterate this point. It's a
common
enough problem in every communications medium I'm participated in,
and it's
a constant refrain in forums such as this one to ask people asking
questions
to provide clear, concise code examples rather than just trying to
explain
in English what their problem is. I'd have thought this point was
a given.
Often on this list I see people answering very specific questions with
"What are you actually looking to do with this? There may be a better
approach." This is the very opposite of the "snippets illustrate best"
school of thought, and the fact that many of this list's members take
a holistic approach is one of the most valuable things about it.
Also, when we *do* ask to see people's code (which also happens), it's
not because the code is the best way to express their intentions.
It's because their code is not *fulfilling* their intentions. Not at
all the same as code snippets in documentation.
--Andy
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