From: Jim Blandy <jimb@codesourcery.com>
To: Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz>
Cc: Vladimir Prus <ghost@cs.msu.su>,
Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>,
gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: RFC: MI - Detecting change of string contents with variable objects
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 16:04:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3k601o3x0.fsf@codesourcery.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <17821.42314.506114.619107@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> (Nick Roberts's message of "Fri, 5 Jan 2007 14:09:30 +1300")
Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz> writes:
> Too many comments get in the way of the code and I think the name is fairly
> self explanatory. Most of the simple functions don't have a comment and AFAIK
> a comment for them is not a GNU or GDB coding standard.
I see this differently. I find comments above functions explaining
their interface, as opposed to their strategy for implementing that
interface, to be a real help. I'm ready to admit I may be chattier
than is helpful within function bodies, but leaving interfaces
unexplained detracts from their utility.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-01-05 16:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-12-18 2:42 Nick Roberts
2006-12-18 7:01 ` Vladimir Prus
2006-12-18 8:15 ` Nick Roberts
2006-12-18 8:36 ` Vladimir Prus
2006-12-18 13:38 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-12-18 21:57 ` Nick Roberts
2006-12-21 15:25 ` Vladimir Prus
2006-12-21 22:28 ` Nick Roberts
2006-12-22 6:16 ` Vladimir Prus
2006-12-22 7:16 ` Nick Roberts
2006-12-22 7:23 ` Vladimir Prus
2007-01-03 22:46 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2007-01-04 4:13 ` Nick Roberts
2007-01-04 4:20 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2007-01-04 6:10 ` Nick Roberts
2007-01-04 19:40 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2007-01-04 20:35 ` Nick Roberts
2007-01-04 20:50 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2007-01-04 21:00 ` Vladimir Prus
2007-01-05 4:46 ` Nick Roberts
2007-01-05 14:49 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2007-01-05 21:54 ` Nick Roberts
2007-01-06 7:07 ` Vladimir Prus
2007-01-08 15:51 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2007-01-08 21:30 ` Nick Roberts
2007-01-08 21:41 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2007-01-04 20:57 ` Vladimir Prus
2007-01-05 2:26 ` Nick Roberts
2007-01-04 21:05 ` Vladimir Prus
2007-01-05 1:09 ` Nick Roberts
2007-01-05 14:44 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2007-01-05 14:49 ` Vladimir Prus
2007-01-05 16:04 ` Jim Blandy [this message]
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