On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Peter Lairo wrote:
>
> I'm still not convinced that a "visionary" approach of keeping the
> current system, but trying new approaches (keywords in conjunction with
> a good "Starter" page is still not also worth a try.
I'm sure new approaches would be welcome, if they survive an initial
criticism such as this thread.
The only such idea I have seen is "a good starter page" -- I don't think
anyone has said that that was a bad idea.
Unfortunately no-one has volunteered to write such a page.
>> I have yet to find a situation where your keyword *does* apply.
>
> Really? or whas that defensive rhetoric? What about bugs that only
> require editing text (e.g. 123kb to 123 kb - add a space)?
Such a fix could cause a number of problems:
* In C++, an incorrectly added space can cause the tree to go red.
* In CSS, an incorrectly added space can cause the chrome to die.
* In JS, an incorrectly added space can cause features to stop working.
* In a data structure, an incorrectly added space can cause memory
corruption leading to a hard-to-track crash.
Without knowing the code well, how can you determine which of these will
happen or not?
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