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Re: pseudo-literate-programming in bfd
- From: Paul Koning <paul_koning at dell dot com>
- To: Peter Lawrence <peterl95124 at sbcglobal dot net>
- Cc: <binutils at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 12:03:50 -0500
- Subject: Re: pseudo-literate-programming in bfd
- References: <5FBE3208-BB92-405B-B3C3-E0BB16B5BFDC@sbcglobal.net>
On Jan 20, 2011, at 11:34 AM, Peter Lawrence wrote:
> All,
> do the "powers that be" yet realize that the pseudo-literate-programming source code style in bfd
> is a mistake ?
>
> I am not really that good a rhetoric, so I will not try to sway you now, I am just saying that from a software
> engineer's point of view (and I am in the middle of a port of binutils myself) the documentation for
> binutils isn't that great (M.R.Swami Reddy's doc is actually a good start in the right direction, and I
> intend to add to and extend his work as I do my own port) and that the stuff in bfd is actually an impediment.
>
> am I preaching to the choir or pissing into the wind ?
Speaking only for myself, I'd say "neither". I can't figure out from what you wrote what, if anything, is wrong, and how it could be made better. It reads pretty much like a content-free rant.
If you want to suggest improvements, please suggest away.
paul