Re: Understanding MPL

From: Edward Diener (eddielee_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-04-01 19:43:02

Paul Mensonides wrote:
> Markus Werle wrote:
>
>> Ah! Earning money with Open Source via Closed Docs ;-)
>> Not exactly what RMS was dreaming of, but perfectly OK for me:
>> I will buy that book ASAP. I hope You also explain all those
>> macros that make the code so uneasy to read.
>
> I think your talking about the usage of the preprocessor lib here.
> If David and Aleksey are writing a book on the MPL, they've got
> enough on their plate without trying to explain the pp-lib also.

The doc on the pp-lib really needs to be better. I admit I gave up trying to
understand it because I really don't waste my own time anymore reading bad
documentation, even though I know many people consider adequate
documentation what I consider bad. I am sure there is much good
functionality in the pp-lib and that many people understand it but I don't
think I ever will.

I really do hope the pp-lib people take it to heart that they need to
provide better doc about it which explains it from the ground floor up.