[arachne] Re: [SPAM] Re: sources

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On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:05:20 -0500, Jason and Ornumar Dodd wrote:


> So it is about the comments!  The  extra size of the source code due to
> comments shouldn't matter unless the project decides it's time to purge
> old commented out code.  It's the binary that counts.

No, it's about the several years of work it would take.

> I find it interesting in your 'example' that the old source had
> arachne.framescount and the new is A.framescount.  I hope you don't
> consider replacing the variable name with initials to be better code.

All the global structures in my src are named with a single capital letter.
Only the global structures, all the global structures. It saves a lot
of space, but the whole lot of them could be renamed from the command
line, if desired.

> And the reason you quote for this not working is exactly the desired
> result for change management in every project I've ever been involved with.

Sorry, I don't follow you.

> Finally, if you feel your code is so different, better, and impossible
> to merge with the main, the it makes no sense to claim you want to merge.

I don't want to merge! Never did, I think it would take far too long
to do my work all over again. What I want is for Udo and the others
to adopt my src as a fresh start. However, I do 'merge' in the 
functionality of the other developers. It's time consuming but easy 
enough to do -- the src itself must be seen as a complete rewrite
and a new beginning, there is no reasonable way to be half and half.


Regards,


Ray Andrews
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