From: "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>
Subject: Re: body stub not allowed in inner scope
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2018 16:10:24 -0600
Date: 2018-03-02T16:10:24-06:00 [thread overview]
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In-Reply-To: p7b8c6$dq2$1@gioia.aioe.org
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"Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> wrote in message
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> On 02/03/2018 08:14, J-P. Rosen wrote:
>> Le 01/03/2018 à 23:38, Randy Brukardt a écrit :
>>> Yes, but why put them in a separate file in the first place? The only
>>> reason
>>> I know not to do that is that editors (and compilers) used to have size
>>> limits. It's usually easier to have one big file because it makes fewer
>>> places to look for things. (The subunits in Janus/Ada are annoying
>>> because
>>> one opens the body to find something only to find it isn't there and a
>>> different file has to be opened. Often, I don't know exactly what I'm
>>> looking for and have to bounce back and forth several times.)
>>>
>> I think your opinion is closely linked to the fact that you don't use
>> (AFAIK) modern editors. With GPS or Emacs, you click on an entity and
>> "goto declaration" to retrieve it. OTOH, long scrolls are annoying, so
>> there is a clear benefit in having your stuff split on several, not too
>> big files.
>
> + modern wide-screen displays capable to show 2-3 tabs/windows with code
> side-by-side. Being able to see both maim body and the separate one is a
> big advantage.
That works with any editor (nothing prevents opening multiple MS-DOS
windows - I usually have about 20 of those open). The real problem is that
one needs a massive screen to really have enough room - I once calculated
that I'd need a 52" screen to show all of the source code that I need to see
to work on the compiler side-by-side. And I had better vision then; I
probably couldn't even see the edges of such a screen today (it would have
to wrap around my head at an even 18-24" distance!!)
One of the reasons I never use GPS is because it comes up in a font that is
rugged and too hard to read on my computer. Making it bigger fixes that, but
then I'd need a lot larger screen than the 24" one I have today.
Moral: these things help, but not that significantly.
Randy.
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Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-02-28 13:01 body stub not allowed in inner scope Mehdi Saada
2018-02-28 13:32 ` AdaMagica
2018-02-28 14:30 ` Mehdi Saada
2018-02-28 14:39 ` AdaMagica
2018-02-28 23:23 ` Randy Brukardt
2018-03-01 7:14 ` J-P. Rosen
2018-03-01 22:38 ` Randy Brukardt
2018-03-02 7:14 ` J-P. Rosen
2018-03-02 10:17 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-03-02 22:10 ` Randy Brukardt [this message]
2018-03-03 3:38 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2018-03-02 22:13 ` Randy Brukardt
2018-03-02 19:37 ` G. B.
2018-03-02 19:47 ` Simon Wright
2018-03-03 9:42 ` G.B.
2018-03-01 8:20 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-03-01 8:24 ` Simon Wright
2018-03-01 20:52 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2018-03-01 22:45 ` Randy Brukardt
2018-03-01 8:38 ` Niklas Holsti
2018-03-01 9:11 ` Björn Lundin
2018-03-01 15:19 ` marciant
2018-03-01 17:37 ` Shark8
2018-02-28 15:26 ` Mehdi Saada
2018-02-28 15:28 ` Mehdi Saada
2018-02-28 23:32 ` Randy Brukardt
2018-03-01 0:16 ` Mehdi Saada
2018-02-28 17:24 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2018-02-28 18:05 ` Simon Wright
2018-02-28 19:04 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
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