Re: [WebDNA] lists opinion
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2009
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 103818
interpreted = N
texte = I prefer that webdna NOT be changed simply to make things "better". Why not just document the current behavior of [delimiter] and be done with it? Often times it's the lack of documentation that bothers us more than the actual behavior of a particular tag or context. Not always of course, but this is usually the case (for me anyways). Sorry if my "opinion" is coming through here, but I guess I just don't see the importance of the [delimiter] tag in the first place. Maybe my coding work has been sheltered from the types of coding the rest of you are doing, but when I'm trying to make a list of words I typically want to get rid of the delimiters and keep the words. That's why I don't care which delimiter came in between one word and another. For me it's always been extraneous information. But I do have a suggestion for one behavior you can change to make things better (in my opinion of course): Why not change switch/case so that it only displays the first matching case? It displays all matching cases right now, and that's why I have never used it -- because I want it to display only the first matching case just like similar functions in other languages. How many of you actually use switch/case anyways? I don't think I've ever seen a question or comment about it in years. Sincerely, Ken Grome
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I prefer that webdna NOT be changed simply to make things "better". Why not just document the current behavior of [delimiter] and be done with it? Often times it's the lack of documentation that bothers us more than the actual behavior of a particular tag or context. Not always of course, but this is usually the case (for me anyways). Sorry if my "opinion" is coming through here, but I guess I just don't see the importance of the [delimiter] tag in the first place. Maybe my coding work has been sheltered from the types of coding the rest of you are doing, but when I'm trying to make a list of words I typically want to get rid of the delimiters and keep the words. That's why I don't care which delimiter came in between one word and another. For me it's always been extraneous information. But I do have a suggestion for one behavior you can change to make things better (in my opinion of course): Why not change switch/case so that it only displays the first matching case? It displays all matching cases right now, and that's why I have never used it -- because I want it to display only the first matching case just like similar functions in other languages. How many of you actually use switch/case anyways? I don't think I've ever seen a question or comment about it in years. Sincerely, Ken Grome
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