> On 27 May 2015, at 01:59, Luis Bernardo <[email protected]> wrote: >
Hi Luis > > In my view any code that does more becomes more complex, not less > comprehensible. The same happens with FOP. Very true, indeed. I recall having argued that same point on this list in the past. "Doing more with less" is, IMO, executive lingo that is almost always meant to hide some uglier truths... ;) It is more a matter of making sure that new code that gets added will follow the "right" path, if you will (whatever that may mean). No criticism there. After all, I *was* part of the team for years, so know full well to what extent time and resource constraints have influenced some of those decisions. > If you want to rewrite the layout engine and do it with less code then go for > it. You will get a +1 from me. OK, good to know. Just to be clear: it is not so much a 'rewrite' as it is optimising or streamlining what is already there, and it remains to be seen whether it will literally lead to 'less' code, since it would require introduction of a few new interfaces/classes. Overall, I would expect the total LOC to go up, slightly, but I have not yet finished so cannot say anything for sure there at this point. Thanks! KR Andreas
