From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please@cygwin.com>
To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: considering modifier keys after gaining focus
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:18:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120111181835.GA7726@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F0DC3DF.8000802@dronecode.org.uk>
On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 05:16:15PM +0000, Jon TURNEY wrote:
>I think it is useful to consider this history when reviewing a patch, as there
>are a couple of dangers this avoids:
>
>Are we going in circles? Are we fixing one bug just to re-introduce another
>bug which has already been fixed?
>
>Are we doing in the wrong direction? Adding special case on top of special
>case, increasing the complexity of the code, is often a sign that something is
>wrong with the approach taken.
Somebody has to speak with Jon TURNEY. He's talking CRAZY again.
cgf
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