[clean-list] order of parameters of "fwrites"
lethevert
acatofearlgrey at ybb.ne.jp
Fri Oct 14 02:08:04 MEST 2005
Hello.
> It is (next to) impossible to determine an optimal order of arguments
> for functions.
> A similar problem exists with the priority of infix operators: it is
> (next to) impossible to determine priorities such that you never have to
> write parenthesis.
Of cource, it's (not impossible but) a hard task to determine them.
But it's not useless work to argue an optimal order and priority
because it is sometimes a main factor of usability of programing language.
> In general there must be very strong arguments to change such things in
> the library since it can stop existing programs to work correctly.
Probably so.
But in <<< case, it causes little effect on existing programs to change
<<< priority because <<< is a binary operator with uniqueness type
and the context of using <<< are predictable.
--
lethevert
lethevert at users.sourceforge.net
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