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Re: do not do this



On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 11:40:21AM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote:
> The developer's reference is a large document. We can plaster a section with
> a slew of censure about this, but it won't necessarily have any positive
> impact. When people read a large manual, they will usually not read all of
> it carefully, regardless of whether it's crystal clear or bordering
> incomprehensible.
> 
> Having said that, I will add another sentence to that paragraph.
> I'm not sure it will do much good, but it doesn't hurt, either.

but next time somebody does this, we can refer them to the developers
reference and say "look, it says it right there". now it doesnt seem
like it is clearly defined anywhere.

-- 
gram

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