On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 9:52 PM, Stéphane Ducasse
<[email protected]>wrote:

> Hi guys
>
> I decided that I will not integrate any code that is not documented in
> Pharo.
>
> I strongly suggest to remove from Pharo-dev packages whose classes are not
> commented.
>

I think this is not a good idea...look this approx:



    | pharoCorePackages packagesDev nonCommentedClasses totalClasses |
    pharoCorePackages := #('MultilingualTests' 'Morphic'
'ToolBuilder-Kernel' 'PackageInfo' 'Polymorph-ToolBuilder' 'Network-Kernel'
'Network-Protocols' 'Compiler' 'System-Finalization' 'Settings-Graphics'
'Collections' 'Network-RemoteDirectory' 'Traits' 'Network-URI'
'Settings-Display' 'Collections-Abstract' 'Settings-Compiler'
'MonticelloMocks' 'ScriptLoader11' 'System-Digital Signatures'
'System-Localization' 'MenuRegistration' 'Polymorph-TaskbarIcons'
'Monticello' 'ToolBuilder-Morphic' 'MCDirtyPackage' 'Collections-Weak'
'Settings-Polymorph' 'Tests' 'HelpSystem-Core-Utilities' 'SUnit'
'Collections-Text' 'Compression' 'Morphic-MorphTreeWidget' 'HelpSystem-Core'
'ToolsTest' 'Gofer-Core' 'Gofer-Tests' 'Collections-Stack' 'FreeType'
'MonticelloConfigurations' 'Polymorph-Geometry' 'Collections-Support'
'SUnitGUI' 'HelpSystem-Core-Model' 'Tests-VM' 'System-Change Notification'
'System' 'Tests-ObjectsAsMethods' 'HostMenus' 'Network-MIME'
'Network-RFC822' 'VB-Regex' 'TrueType' 'DeprecatedPreferences'
'System-Clipboard' 'System-Settings' 'MorphicTests' 'System-Serial Port'
'NetworkTests' 'Collections-Unordered' 'System-Changes' 'System-Object
Storage' 'Collections-Traits' 'System-Platforms' 'Tests-PrimCallController'
'Morphic-TrueType' 'Multilingual' 'Graphics' 'Collections-Strings'
'KernelTests' 'System-FileRegistry' 'Tests-Bugs' 'ToolBuilder-SUnit'
'Tests-Release' 'Morphic-Balloon' 'Settings-Network' 'System-Applications'
'Polymorph-Tools-Diff' 'Settings-Tools' 'ScriptLoader' 'ST80'
'FreeTypeSubPixelAntiAliasing' 'Settings-Kernel' 'Settings-System'
'CompilerTests' 'System-Tools' 'System-Hashing' 'System-Download'
'Collections-Streams' 'Tests-SystemChangeNotification' 'GraphicsTests'
'Polymorph-Widgets' 'Kernel' 'Tools' 'Settings-FreeType' 'FreeTypeTests'
'Settings-Monticello' 'HelpSystem-Tests' 'Polymorph-EventEnhancements'
'System-Support' 'MonticelloGUI' 'System-FilePackage' 'System-Object Events'
'Announcements' 'System-Text' 'Exceptions' 'Network-UUID' 'System-Pools'
'FixUnderscores' 'HelpSystem-Core-UI' 'GraphicsResources' 'Files' 'Gofer'
'Network-MailSending' 'Collections-Arrayed' 'CollectionsTests' 'Balloon'
'Network-Url' 'Collections-Sequenceable' ).
    packagesDev := (PackageInfo allPackages
                collect: [:each | each packageName])
                difference: pharoCorePackages.
    nonCommentedClasses := packagesDev
        inject: 0
        into: [:sum :each | sum + (((PackageInfo named: each) classes
                    select: [:aClass | aClass comment asString
includesSubString: 'is xxxxxxxxx.']) size)].
    Transcript show: 'nonCommentedClasses: ', nonCommentedClasses asString.

    totalClasses :=  packagesDev inject: 0 into: [:sum :each | sum +
(PackageInfo named: each) classes size ].
    Transcript show: 'totalClasses: ', totalClasses asString.



Shows:

nonCommentedClasses: 1116
totalClasses: 1369



> I'm not sure that I will look at code or answer question to code that is
> not commented.
> We should change our mindset and it seems that we do not care, so we should
> take radical decisions:
>        less changes, less progress, more comments.
>
> And for once I will not bash the past. Smalltalk was always with methods
> fully documented.
> We are just plain lazy and this is a shame.
>
> Stef
>

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