Re: 'inconsistency'
Re: 'inconsistency'
- Subject: Re: 'inconsistency'
- From: has <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 21:40:30 +0100
Shane Stanley wrote:
> > the variations in style and standard of third-party application APIs is no
>> greater than the variations in style and standard between third-party library
>> APIs in other languages
>
>That may be so, but many of the variations in AS are a direct result of the
>guidelines being ignored.
>
>> I've said it before, I'll say it again: the real problem is LACK OF
>> DOCUMENTATION.
>
>And I'll do a little repetition too: if they'd all follow the guidelines, it
>would still make things easier.
Sure, but getting decent documentation is still the key. Comprehensive documentation will get you through times of poor consistency better than consistency will get you through times of no documentation. Plus, it's easier to berate hapless developers for screwing up when you actually know what it is they have done. ;)
has
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