On 04 Apr 2013, at 20:21, Marcus Denker <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Apr 4, 2013, at 8:15 PM, Paul Davidowitz <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> To Camillo Bruni:  
>> I'm not using any slot image (I only looked over the paper). According
>> to the Pharo book, 'pvt' should be implemented in the mainstream image.
>> 
> The Pharo book is about a version of Pharo from many years ago.
> 
>> To Marcus Denker: 
>> There are actually several methods in the image with the 'pvt' prefix.
>> Please update the doc (Pharo book) to remove talking about 'pvt'.  It
>> would have saved me a little headache :)
>> 
> The pharo book is very old… yes, we need to update it. What should I not
> do to have time for that?
> 
>       Marcus

Documentation, of any kind, always comes back to haunt you.
This is a real problem, even a class or method comments quickly gets out of 
sync as software evolves.
Maybe, just like in code, the key is to write as little as possible in an 
elegant non repetitive way.

Sven


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