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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Array of Variant Records Question...
Date: 1999/09/14
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In article
<Pine.BSF.4.10.9909132149240.5540-100000@shell5.ba.best.com>,
  Brian Rogoff <bpr@shell5.ba.best.com> wrote:
> I'd really like to reconsider this entire idea of what is
better for
> the reader and maintainer of code, since it is by no means
clear that
> there is widespread consensus on what is more readable. Here
is another
> example where being explicit is considered by some to be an
impediment to
> readability.


You don't really want to reconsider the "entire idea", you just
want to discuss in a particular case what really does help or
not help readability. There is never unanimous agreement in
this area (consider for example the case of use clauses), but
the principle is an important one. There is no rule that says
making things explicit always helps readability!


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