Hi Marck D. Pearlstone,
On Mittwoch, 27. Oktober 1999 at 20:21:16 you wrote:
OS>> I don't care at all, really. Even if I repeat myself: I want a
OS>> function to auto-format the text I type.
MDP> I was only saying that that is not what is *there*. Accepted it is
MDP> what you are suggesting.
Thanks ;)
MDP> Be specific. "Badly thought out" is not. If you're a programmer then
MDP> you, too, should be able to define a bug clearly.
Badly thought out is not specific, you're certainly right about that.
But every programmer has to deal with the user (and I am a user of The
Bat!, not it's programmer) telling her "I don't like the way this
function works for this reason and that". She needs to go to her
chamber or whatever and think about which parts of the program from
the technical point of view (that's the point you can only really have
if you know the source, too) could be faulty in whatever way (notice
the absence of the word "bug" here) to cause the user's criticism.
OS>> Making a function work in the way it should have from the start
OS>> has nothing to do with enhancing anything. A bug is not only a
OS>> single point you can lay your hand on and say "this is what has to
OS>> be done to fix it", but it's also failure in concept or
OS>> implementation. IMO, that's exactly the point about a-f.
MDP> I disagree. "Making a function work better" comes more under the
MDP> "suggestions for improvement" banner. By definition a "bug" is a logic
MDP> error which has a defined method for reproducing it and a quantifiable
MDP> effect on what happens.
It seems we have a different understanding of what is a logic error
with a... and so on. I've several times described exactly in which
cases the a-f function doesn't do what it's supposed to do (or what I
think it should do, as AFAIK there's no public statement about that).
That behaviour is absolutely reproducible (just like your problem with
the quotes) and it certainly has a quantifiable effect (for example,
taking our time discussing it ;-)
MDP> The guys at RIT have a policy of only acknowledging the first report
MDP> on a specific bug and only notifying that single person of its' cure.
MDP> It is my belief that they do read them all.
LOL. I certainly hope so!
[description of several bugs cut]
MDP> .. in due course?
Exactly. I don't believe it's the best way to have a priority list
made up of the most interesting programming tasks. Inserting lots of
new icons is surely very important, although nice.
OS>> Pardon me for ranting.
MDP> Pardoned. It's been an interesting debate. :-)
It is. Anyway, why don't they make The Bat! open source? I'd
immediately take over that a-f function ;)
Oliver Sturm
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