Source changes should include date of change

[Josphe Brigmo]

On Saturday, 8 September 2018 at 18:47:39 UTC, Neia Neutuladh 
wrote:
> On Saturday, 8 September 2018 at 06:59:28 UTC, Josphe Brigmo 
> wrote:
>> Having source code that doesn't show changes with dates is 
>> pretty useless for diagnostics. I realize that git has the 
>> changes but the source code should.
>
> What problem did you encounter where you had trouble getting 
> the information you needed with git blame, where a source code 
> comment listing change dates would help?
>
>> Why not also add a link to the git hub patch
>
> Because that's a lot of work to replicate something git already 
> does.
>
>> or bugzilla or whatever?
>
> Currently, some code in phobos does reference issues on the 
> dlang bugzilla. The common categories for this include:
>
> * Explaining why we want things to work this way, if that 
> requires more than a couple sentences of explanation
> * Pointing out what problem this is a workaround for
> * Pointing out which past problem motivated this unittest
>
> Things that help you understand the code as it currently is.
>
> Is there some situation you've encountered in the past where 
> that kind of comment wasn't enough?


This has nothing to do with git. People think git is the end all 
be all. What if git is not available, then what? It's moronic to 
think that one has to use one or the other when both options are 
available and both only add information.

The same people that are saying use git used to say that git was 
overkill because it wasn't needed before it became popular. They 
are simply always looking for a way to justify their current 
belief. They think the world is black or white. They then pretend 
that a choice has to be made between two possibilities. e.g., 
either religion or science(but not both because they only have 
xor in their operations), either black or white. Either yes or 
no, either hot or cold, either this or that. They then go crazy 
when someone offers the other choice as a solution because they 
feel they will lose their safety blanket.

How hard would it be to automate dating for dmd source so that 
everything is consistent in a way that makes sense?

See, people rather blow off their bad leg just so they have one 
good leg rather than have a bad leg and a good leg.


"A false dilemma is a type of informal fallacy in which something 
is falsely claimed to be an "either/or" situation, when in fact 
there is at least one additional option. A false dilemma can 
arise intentionally, when a fallacy is used in an attempt to 
force a choice or outcome."

BTW, not every uses git and git is not always available so to say 
"You must use git" just sounds likes arrogant(of course, arrogant 
people don't think they are arrogant).

When I have to dive in to source code to find something, it helps 
to have some clue when the code was added. A clue is better than 
being in the dark, but as we know, some people just like to bury 
their head in the sand. For them, ignorance is bliss.