From: leake@cme.nbs.gov (Stephe Leake)
Subject: Re: Limited Use Clause
Date: 7 Dec 88 18:12:10 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <784@marvin.cme.nbs.gov> (raw)
In-Reply-To: peirce@claris.com's message of 7 Dec 88 01:43:08 GMT
In article <7311@claris.com> peirce@claris.com (Michael Peirce) writes:
... The only complaint we really heard from people
was about the "problem" with having to explictly rename the "=" operator
and such.
If I go to all the effort to define operators for an abstract type
(say matrices), why should everyone have to rename them? The problem
is not with use clauses; the problem is with adequate managment. It is
much easier for managers to say "NO!" than to say "Well, I guess I
have to make a reasonable decision in each case". Judicious use of use
clauses definitely makes code more readable; injudicious use is bad.
What is required is careful thought, not automatic reactions.
Stephe Leake (301) 975-3431 leake@cme.nbs.gov
National Institute of Standards and Technology
(formerly National Bureau of Standards)
Rm. B-124, Bldg. 220
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
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Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1988-12-06 16:26 Limited Use Clause rracine
1988-12-06 19:12 ` Steve Tynor
1988-12-07 1:43 ` Michael Peirce
1988-12-07 18:12 ` Stephe Leake [this message]
1988-12-09 13:58 ` Burch Seymour
1988-12-07 17:59 ` Stephe Leake
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1988-12-17 21:56 Erland Sommarskog
1988-12-18 14:48 ` Dik T. Winter
1988-12-19 14:17 ` Steve Tynor
1988-12-10 23:13 Erland Sommarskog
1988-12-12 15:47 ` Steve Tynor
1988-12-05 23:39 Brian D. Nettleton @spot
1988-12-06 15:36 ` Steve Tynor
1988-12-07 17:54 ` Stephe Leake
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