Phango - questions

[Sean Kelly]

Christopher Wright wrote:
> Don Clugston wrote:
>>
>> Incidentally, one stylistic change between Phobos and Tango which 
>> hasn't been mentioned, is that Phobos uses a flat structure (except 
>> for a couple of things like std.c.windows.windows!). IMHO, the flat 
>> structure is decidedly inferior.
> 
> Why is that?
> 
> I work on a decently sized (40k lines) project in C#, and we're moving 
> from a deep hierarchy to a shallow one -- it's less typing, and we don't 
> see any advantages in the deeper structure.
> 
> If you point out a reasonable advantage, then I can probably work quicker.
> 
> The documentation should be hierarchical or task-oriented, of course, so 
> you can find what you're looking for easily.

This is why I like deeper hierarchies.  I tend to look at the code 
itself for reference more often than the documentation itself, so it's 
nice to have the code grouped in a manner that matches the documentation.


Sean