typo: Non "highly trained professionals" should *do* simple things
On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 11:03 AM, Andrea Giammarchi < [email protected]> wrote: > How could change 12+ years of legacy be considered inexpensive ? > > Non "highly trained professionals" should be simple things or try to learn > something new that won't hurt, that's why Stack Overflow exists in first > place, to ask for help or explanations about things. > > This request sounds to me like "I don't fully understand how > `Math.expm1()` works so please make it simpler" ... legitimate to ask but I > would not expect a language core change because of my lack of knowledge. > > With great powers come great responsibilities ... you wanna code? So > please do it right ;-) > > (not directed to you and I am sure you got what I mean) > > Obviously this is just my personal opinion. > > Cheers > > > > > On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Benjamin (Inglor) Gruenbaum < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 8:18 PM, Andrea Giammarchi < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> >also, this is the same: `myString.split(/[ -/+]/)` >> >> Yes, that's true, not sure how that works for multi character delimiters. >> >> > maybe it's better to explain those users that knowing RegExp might >> bring benefits for their purpose (coding) ? >> >> This is not the first or last thing in a language that is intended to >> make life easier for users who are not highly trained professionals. I >> agree that the added value is not huge here, but implementation is pretty >> inexpensive and I can see people use this. >> >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 8:18 PM, Andrea Giammarchi < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> also, this is the same: >>> >>> `myString.split(/[ -/+]/)` >>> >>> maybe it's better to explain those users that knowing RegExp might bring >>> benefits for their purpose (coding) ? >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 10:14 AM, Andrea Giammarchi < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I stopped here >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 5:54 AM, Benjamin (Inglor) Gruenbaum < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> ``` >>>>> myString.split(/ |-|\/|\+/g); // this is no fun to read >>>>> >>>>> myString.split(" ","-","/","+"); // this is easier >>>>> myString.split([" ","-","/","+"]); // this is also easier. >>>>> >>>>> ``` >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> easier for who ? >>>> >>>> All I was doing is being sure no double quoting was missing or not >>>> escaped correctly ... also you don't need the g flag and RegExp is much >>>> more powerful than multiple strings >>>> >>>> `myString.split(/before(and|or)?after/);` >>>> >>>> instead of 3 partially repeated nonsense ? >>>> >>>> My 2 cents >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
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