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John Colvin john.loughran.colvin at gmail.com
Wed Jun 5 07:13:27 PDT 2013


On Wednesday, 5 June 2013 at 11:57:19 UTC, Diggory wrote:
> On Wednesday, 5 June 2013 at 11:30:10 UTC, John Colvin wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 5 June 2013 at 08:11:14 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>>> On 6/5/2013 12:38 AM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
>>>> Maybe some do, but many don't, and 1000 lines is _far_ from 
>>>> too much. If we
>>>> start making modules that small, we're going to end up with 
>>>> tons of them to
>>>> wade through to find anything.
>>>
>>> 1. It isn't any harder to find things in multiple files than 
>>> in one file.
>>
>> Although I think you're right about having smaller modules, I 
>> generally find it easier to browse through a larger file than 
>> many smaller files.
>>
>> Multiple files is ok if you know what you're looking for 
>> (grep) but when you're just trying to scan across a system to 
>> get a feel for how it's working, juggling many files is a real 
>> pita.
>
> Surely you would know which compression algorithm you wanted to 
> change? If it's a general renaming or something not specific to 
> a particular use then a file search is necessary anyway.

I eas speaking more generally, about phobos as a whole.


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