Hi Paul,
Don't get me wrong, but my opinion is pretty much opposite from yours,
if people come and ask a good question (which Dermot did), and seem to
be -not- total noobs, then they get a free CompSci lesson to go with the
answer they've gotten :)
Maybe that's just me, but I always like knowing -why- a certain answer
was given - besides just the "this is how it should be" kind of answer :)
Anyways, he got both the answer he was looking for, and some tips from
people - perhaps some of us feel more strongly about it than others, but
hey, that's what makes things interesting no?
Paul Makepeace wrote:
Even if you're not, direct hash accessing is basically akin to juggling
grenades. It might go right for a long time, but eventually the pin's going
to come out and there will be a very messy BLAM.
Even if it is code you just write for yourself, still doesn't hurt to make
sure you avoid the BLAM bit :)
(Replying in general, to the sense of this email which others have related too)
Dermot, to my reading at least, has been clear twice now that he was
asking specifically about how to retrieve parameters -- presumably not
coming to a web framework list for an unsolicited computer science
lecture on encapsulation...
I think it behooves us as a community to afford posters when they
clearly articulate a question and context, as Dermot has*, not to
treat them as complete noobs. It'd be a shame if folks became
reluctant to ask 'simple' questions for fear of half a dozen catalyst
old-skoolers delivering a sermon.
(Even these questions often reveal useful tidbits like the CGI compat hazard.)
Paul
* not the OP!
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