Re: [boost] Re: Review: Boost Coding Guidelines

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-07-26 07:20:38

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Max Skaller" <skaller_at_[hidden]>

> The effect of what appears to be, on the surface,
> a subtle distinction is fundamental: LP requires a total
> committment.Code extractors usually work on unprepared code,
> though the results may not be pleasing.

Having never done any LP, I wonder about the effect it may have on process:
often writing new code requires building up the code from a "sketch",
usually with only terse comments, then making the documentation more robust
later. Does an LP approach interfere with that, aid it, or is it neutral?

-Dave