course he'd still have to read docs and learn how to use it.
Yeah - one guy in c.l.ruby wrote a reply that must have taken minimum 30 minutes. Really detailed. Lots of people thanked him for it. Ilias dissed the whole post with "I have not read it, it is not on topic".
Moderately on topic (not Python, but programming at least): The other day I was talking to someone and I commented on how odd it is to write a library, and *still* have to learn how to use it correctly. As the author, at least I can change it as I learn more, but even so, I have to learn how to use it; even as the author I am not imbued magically with expert status.
Indeed. I often find myself going back to a library I wrote some time ago which I haven't had to interact with and then looking for the existing code that interacts with the library to see how best to use it. I think its a bit like going back to a book after a few years. Its worth returning because you will have forgotten some of what was so good first time around.
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