> +99
> Exactly. The few times I needed class comments, the problem was exactly that one: which classes, which where the entry point.
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> Now I guess class comments are useful when you're hacking/refactoring.
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> On 27/02/11 19:49, Mariano Martinez Peck wrote:
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> On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Stéphane Ducasse
> <[hidden email] <mailto:[hidden email]>> wrote:
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>    Hi
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>    why can we put comment in class comment?
>    For example I worked on fixing 1.2 and now I want to execute the
>    configurationOfPharo and no magic invocation....
>    JUST A FUCKING EMPTY class comment as usual.
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>    So again I feel like an idiot and I'm trying in the dark. You have
>    NOT A SINGLE REASON NOT TO PUT COMMENT!
>    One of these days I will hack the system to break the load when a
>    class as no comment.
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> I was the original author of such class. And yes, I don't write class
> comments. I am not use too, usually because:
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> - I almost don't find it use
> - The browser doesn't help me to see class comments
> - Who can guess that under a '?' there are class comments? I discovered
> that YEARS after I was already using Smalltalk
> - I prefer writting/reading a TestCase for such class (I know it is not
> the same as class comments, but it helps).
> - I prefer looking at senders/references to such class
> - When class comments are long, the browser is FUCKING slow to write
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> Even more, in this case, what would you write for example?
> ConfigurationOf* are just Metacello Configurations. What would you need
> to know about that despite of Metacello?  If you know Metacello, you
> should know how to query the configuration and get all the things you
> want, like groups, packages, etc
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>    So now after randomly trying.....I get a nice DNU.
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> But do you think that could be fixed just because of having class comments?
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>    Apparently my time is not worth anything....
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>    So if you want to see if my fix works. Give a try I will not and if
>    what I did break, may be I will have a look or may be not
>    because no time for that after.
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>    And BTW do not put any comment, it feels much cooler that way.
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>    Stef
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