On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 1:48 AM, Aaron Bentley <aa...@canonical.com> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 11-10-28 06:00 PM, Robert Collins wrote: > >> - knowing the layers is important, but having a direct >> implementation isn't the best way to make sure folk know whats >> under the hood (they may end up just avoiding that code). > > I wasn't arguing that a direct implementation is a good way to make > sure folk know what's under the hood. I was arguing that a direct > implementation should not be hard to read. Everyone already knows, or > should know, what's under the hood, because it's actually the > dashboard, so to speak.
Yes, I know you were not arguing that (I did not ascribe such an argument to you); I was merely my support for folk knowing the layers, while excluding one possible approach for helping/ensuring folk know the layers. I did this for clarity, because I didn't want anyone to think I was arguing *for* having a particular thing showing off the internals. I also agree that a direct implementation should not be hard to read - if it is, and it has to be - well that would say something a bit undesirable about the nature of the plumbing we're dealing with. -Rob _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev Post to : launchpad-dev@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
