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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 11/11/68 11:30
Oli Filth wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle said the following on 28/10/2005 16:46:
>
>> Oli Filth wrote:
>>
>>> Jerry Stuckle said the following on 28/10/2005 04:28:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> No, my original point was related to the original part of this
>>>> thread. You're trying to change that.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> At the risk of flogging a dead horse...
>>> If your post was in response to the original part of the thread, then
>>> you should've posted it as a reply there. If you post it as a reply
>>> to an unrelated branch (i.e. one that digressed, like NG discussions
>>> tend to do), you can hardly be surprised when someone says "What the
>>> hell? How does that relate to what I just said?".
>>>
>>
>> You should read back through this branch.
>
>
>
> OK... let's see:
>
> Me:
> > The biggest single reason I love an IDE that "understands" the
> > language? Project navigation. A project with 100 classes split over
> > an equally large number of source/header files, in a generic text
> > editor, if I wanted to look up the the *!!!IMPLEMENTATION!!!* of
> > X::Foo(), I'd either have to remember that Class X is defined
> > somewhere in source file Y, then search that file (semi)manually, or
> > do a global search for "Foo()" and wade through the results. In an
> > IDE, I click on X in class-view, then click on Foo(), and I'm
> > straight there.
>
> You:
> > Or, you just look it up in the project documentation.
>
> Me:
> > Notice that I was referring to jumping to *implementation*, not
> > *doucmentation*
>
> You:
> > But Documentation should be completed BEFORE Implementation!
>
> Me:
> > What bearing does that have on anything?
>
>
> Maybe it's just me, but your responses are complete non-sequiturs!
> And AFAIK, in a NG when you reply to *and* quote someone, it's the norm
> to post something that follows on in some way!
>
>
Not at all. Documentation should be completed BEFORE implementation.
Don't put the cart before the horst!
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