Re: [webkit-dev] Pointers and self-documenting code

2012-07-06 Thread Ryosuke Niwa
On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 1:35 PM, Joe Mason jma...@rim.com wrote: As has been noted in a recent thread, WebKit strives to make the code clear and understandable rather than have embedded comments that can become obsolete. One common practice that I find quite opaque is for classes to have

Re: [webkit-dev] Pointers and self-documenting code

2012-07-06 Thread Filip Pizlo
On Jul 6, 2012, at 1:35 PM, Joe Mason wrote: As has been noted in a recent thread, WebKit strives to make the code clear and understandable rather than have embedded comments that can become obsolete. One common practice that I find quite opaque is for classes to have functions returning

Re: [webkit-dev] Pointers and self-documenting code

2012-07-06 Thread Joe Mason
From: Filip Pizlo [fpi...@apple.com] Sent: Friday, July 06, 2012 4:52 PM To: Joe Mason Cc: WebKit Development ‎[webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org]‎ Subject: Re: [webkit-dev] Pointers and self-documenting code It's not at all clear that this is correct. Is it correct for the font size

Re: [webkit-dev] Pointers and self-documenting code

2012-07-06 Thread Ryosuke Niwa
On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Joe Mason jma...@rim.com wrote: From: Filip Pizlo [fpi...@apple.com] Sent: Friday, July 06, 2012 4:52 PM To: Joe Mason Cc: WebKit Development ‎[webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org]‎ Subject: Re: [webkit-dev] Pointers and self-documenting code It's not at all