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A better question would be: "Why would I use a generic title, if I dont agree with it in my own article?" And the answer would be: " A click-bite title"..
by pojzon 7y ago
A better question would be: "Why would I use a generic title, if I dont agree with it in my own article?"
And the answer would be: " A click-bite title"..
- nedbat 7y agoI'm not sure what your objection is. People try to use mocks, and they don't work because they've mocked the wrong name. I explain this in the article. The article is about why their mock didn't work. How is this a misleading title? How is this a title I don't agree with? Are we talking about the same piece and the same title? You seem to be under the impression that I am trying to tell people not to use mocks. Have you read the piece?
- nedbat 7y agoI notice that the title on HN is "Why a mock doesn't work," which could be interpreted as "Mocks don't work." My title was (and still is) "Why your mock doesn't work." I don't know if that is the source of the confusion.
- stevenhuang 7y agoNow you seem to be willfully misunderstanding. He states clearly that your article is specifically about mocking in python. But mocking as a concept need not relate to python at all. Hence the confusion. A better title for your article would be "Why a mock doesn't work in python" edit: I enjoyed the article by the way.
- nedbat 7y agoI can see why adding "Python" would help here on Hacker News. The original complaint seemed to go deeper than that, I think because the title here is different than the title on my site.
- stevenhuang 7y agoThat's... not the reason.