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Conclusion: explicit is better than implicit, and what's more, in this case the implicit alternative was depending on a non-standard choice made in the specific
by j1elo 6y ago
Conclusion: explicit is better than implicit, and what's more, in this case the implicit alternative was depending on a non-standard choice made in the specific tool for obscure, legacy reasons.
- gravitas 6y agoThis fits almost any situation (explicit vs. implicit) and I'm a big fan - when mentoring I tend to say "yes that was the default when you looked today, how do you know it won't change tomorrow? If you want specific behaviour, be explicit don't trust defaults." (more or less, depends on subject - commandline switches to code loops, same advice)