On 6/10/2013 4:13 PM, Rui Maciel wrote:
Terry Jan Reedy wrote:
Three answers:
Look how much trouble it has already caused ;-)
Since you are a self-declared newbie, believe us!
Since, be definition, useless code can do no good, it can only cause
trouble. Think about it.
I don't doubt that there might good reasons for that, but it is always
preferable to get the rationale behind a decision to be able to understand
how things work and how to do things properly.
I agree actually. But sometimes is it hard to articulate 'good reasons'
for a principle based on the integration of over a decade of experience.
I was really trying to point to the difference between
'I will not accept the experience-based advice until enough good reasons
are presented.' and
'I will provisionally accept the advice but I would still like to know why.'
Another principle similar to 'Don't add extraneous code' is 'Don't
rebind builtins*'. I have a separate post for that.
Terry
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