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Who hasn't editorialized on whether certain code belongs in its current location? It's just a note to say that we need to revisit this later and decide if it s
by kevindication 17y ago
Who hasn't editorialized on whether certain code belongs in its current location? It's just a note to say that we need to revisit this later and decide if it should be refactored.
- antonovka 17y agoIn applications? Sometimes. The kernel is a different matter. Speaking generally, the BSDs endeavor to not commit "revisit this later" code to the kernel at all. In the idealized development approach of the BSDs, it's either done right, fully analyzed for performance impacts across the usage spectrum, long-term API maintainability, security, et al, or it's not done.
- billswift 17y agoOr at least if they do it, they don't admit it in their comments.