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I've seen this "options mean people don't bikeshed" argument made about gofmt. The ‘original’ quote, from someone explaining why gofmt has no configuration opt
by stephenr 3y ago
I've seen this "options mean people don't bikeshed" argument made about gofmt.
The ‘original’ quote, from someone explaining why gofmt has no configuration options is:
> The usual saying is that gofmt isn’t anybody’s preferred style, but it’s adequate for everybody.
And the interpretation from someone asking about configuring some aspect of it is (emphasis mine):
> The usual saying is that gofmt isn’t anybody’s preferred style, but it’s adequate for everybody who still using it
Being opinionated about defaults is often a positive thing. Removing any options just makes your tool less useful.