Tango quibbles - please write tickets so we can track them

[kris]

Matti Niemenmaa wrote:
> kris wrote:
>> Matti Niemenmaa wrote:
>>> There's still some stuff I don't quite get, though. For instance, IConduit 
>>> and IBuffer: everything seems to inherit from Conduit or Buffer, so why 
>>> have the basic interfaces? Expanding on the reasons behind the whole design
>>> (and the terminology) might be a good idea.
>> Tango often uses interfaces to decouple implementation: you can operate via 
>> an interface (handed to you as an argument) without importing any concrete 
>> implementation. In a library of any size, this really helps to avoid tight- 
>> or cross-coupling.
>>
>> It means, for example, that other (more traditional) interfaces can rely on 
>> remaining 'pure', in that they only ever import other interfaces and not some
>> specific implementation code.
> 
> Great, now go and put that in the manual! (Unless it's already there somewhere
> and I missed it.)

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