Notes from C++ static analysis

[deadalnix]

On Thursday, 27 June 2013 at 06:59:49 UTC, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> ad populum obviously isn't enough. But if we make a design 
> decision that
> favors 1% of our user base and causes problems for the other 
> 99%, then I think
> that we've made a big mistake. And while having most everyone 
> disagree with
> one person does not make that person wrong, it _does_ make it 
> more likely that
> they're wrong. So, while ad populum should not be the sole 
> reason to make a
> decision, I think that it's generally a bad idea to ignore it. 
> I'm not trying
> to say anything about this particular discussion and whether we 
> should go with
> the majority on this; I'm just pointing out that ignoring what 
> the majority
> thinks is not necessarily a good idea.
>

I second Andrei on that one. It is useful in all cases string 
format is passed as argument/configuration/whatever.