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I find this useful and wish it was used more, but I have to say that I've seen it discouraged in coding guidelines. Another thing is that ASCII drawings can be

I find this useful and wish it was used more, but I have to say that I've seen it discouraged in coding guidelines. Another thing is that ASCII drawings can be easily destroyed by the auto formatter. I think ASCII drawings should be used as an aid but not as a replacement for a textual description. If you use ASCII art on a website W3C recommends providing a text alternative [1]. [1] https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/F72.html https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/F72.html

josephg 8y ago
Why do you obey coding guidelines or autoformatters which stop you writing good, well documented code? If a tool makes your work worse, fix it or stop using it.
- gbear605 8y ago
  If a tool is 90% good and 10% bad, it still makes my work better despite the presence of the bad
  - makapuf 8y ago
    Especially if those 10% can be ignored (document ahead when its useful but respect the guidelines in other aspects )