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> Its not that there are no documentation strings. Example: At the end of the day it's the quality of documentation that matters. He did document some of the g
by armitron 10y ago
> Its not that there are no documentation strings. Example:
At the end of the day it's the quality of documentation that matters. He did document some of the generic functions but in manner that is not very productive, as the doc strings are both minimal and don't let you get an idea of how the thing fits in the overall picture.
I would bet money even Xach would be confused going back
to that codebase after a year of non-exposure.
I spent an afternoon trying to figure out how to add cryptographic checksum verification support. One could say the simplest of tasks. After a few hours of diving into that codebase, a picture of the whole was not emerging. Eventually I gave up in frustration. This is not ideal.
- lispm 10y agoWell, I would usually discuss things with the original author instead of figuring all out by myself.