Give me a break

[Brad Roberts]

On Thu, 2 Jul 2009, Walter Bright wrote:

> Jason House wrote:
> > Walter Bright Wrote:
> > 
> > > My general experience with posted compiler patches is about half of them
> > > are good, the other half are incorrect and require more
> > 
> > for the bad half, do you comment in the bug reports about why you think the
> > patches are bad? 
> 
> Sometimes, but not usually. I doubted anyone cared as long as they got fixed
> one way or another.

Without education, the chances of the patches getting better in the future 
is pretty close to zero.  With a little education, the chances are pretty 
good.  IE, it's in your own best interest to help out the people that are 
willing to help you.

Later,
Brad