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I think that's why they're defaults? Not hardcoded unchangeable values?

• kaonashi 11y ago
  Everything having a default is sometimes not sensible. In such cases, explicit and declarative is much better than implicit and hidden.
  • ohitsdom 11y ago
    I don't understand this sentiment. What's the issue with having defaults that are used if no values are specified? Assuming the documentation is good and you can find a list of all options (and default values).
  • scoates 11y ago
    Indeed. Sometimes it's worth making people do a little bit of extra work so that they can actually start to grok a system. A little (but not quite) like this: https://github.com/eggheads/eggdrop-1.8/blob/master/eggdrop.conf#L543 https://github.com/eggheads/eggdrop-1.8/blob/master/eggdrop....