Re: In Search of a Class

Subject: Re: In Search of a Class
From: "Sandy Harris" <sharris -at- dkl -dot- com>
To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 11:36:35 -0500

Gay Reed wrote:
>
> Iain averred:
> >>>
> Source code is not a good basis for documentation. ...

Agreed.

> The source code is normally of no interest to the end user, so why
> waste time with it?

> I must interject my qualified disagreement. While I agree that source
> code should not be the BASIS of documentation, it can be a source of
> valuable information for the TW.

Standard advice for programs whose behaviour you cannot understand:

Use the source, Luke.




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