From 5199314503198949820 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,ccbfcafab96cf493 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-27 10:44:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!194.159.255.21.MISMATCH!dispose.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: Pete Becker Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: Proposol to increase robustness of programs Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 18:42:56 GMT Organization: Dinkumware, Ltd Approved: Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++ Message-ID: <3C03DE04.549119D7@acm.org> References: <3BFE97B3.91430FB1@wanadoo.fr> <3C006716.4070201@earthlink.net> <3C025715.9050709@earthlink.net> <3C02E832.3A684B84@acm.org> X-Trace: mail2news.demon.co.uk 1006886583 mail2news:28973 mail2news mail2news.demon.co.uk X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Mail2News-Path: news.demon.net!mulga.cs.mu.oz.au X-Authentication-Warning: mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU: fjh set sender to devnull@stump.algebra.com using -f X-Robomod: STUMP, ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Date: 27 Nov 2001 18:39:38 GMT X-Accept-Language: en Lines: 42 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.std.c++:8320 Francis Glassborow wrote: > > In article <3C02E832.3A684B84@acm.org>, Pete Becker > writes > >Edward Diener wrote: > >> > >> I take the opposite view that adequate > >> documentation for classes is needed, outside of source code, and that it > >> is not the responsibility of the language to become more complicated > >> merely so that it becomes self-documenting. > >> > > > >Further, it is the responsibity of every programmer to use classes > >correctly. If a class's documentation isn't good enough to make that > >possible then don't use that class. > > It is also the responsibility of every citizen to avoid walking in front > of moving vehicles but that is not a reason for dispensing with ways of > reducing the chances of it happening by accident or thoughtlessness. Programmers are supposed to be professionals, developing code by sound engineering, not by accident or thoughtlessness. > Please also note that programmers do not always have the choice of what > they use. > > Having said that I would agree with Edward. > So do you agree or disagree with my agreement with someone you agree with? -- Pete Becker Dinkumware, Ltd. (http://www.dinkumware.com) --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://www.research.att.com/~austern/csc/faq.html ]