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> In reality, the function is actually much more powerful than that, and if included in a library, many people could use it for many more things than just that.
by dllthomas 10y ago
> In reality, the function is actually much more powerful than that, and if included in a library, many people could use it for many more things than just that.
I think all this says is that design and documentation considerations for functions in distributed libraries may be different than those for functions used locally. Something I certainly agree with, but not really a criticism of the parent point.
- clusmore 10y agoFair point. I realise I sound quite critical in my comments so perhaps I should add that I like the tool itself. The problems that I see are more in the usage as shown in the examples. I am not necessarily suggesting that in all circumstances, the most general types are the best. But I am yet to see this tool used in such a way as to permit the most general types, as would be appropriate for library functions.