Re: [Lib2geom-devel] C-arrays

[Johan E. <jbc...@sw...>]

On 6-11-2013 20:42, mathog wrote:
> On 06-Nov-2013 10:44, Johan Engelen wrote:
>
>> If anything, it will improve the readability of the code (in my
>> opinion), which may inspire someone to further improve the code, or to
>> use it somewhere else in the lib. Why do you think it will not improve
>> the code? (certainly for stability/maintainability there is an obvious
>> gain, perhaps you missed it in my earlier mails)
> No, I didn't miss it, I just don't believe it.  I have been hearing
> claims like this for the last 35 or so years, for one language (or
> version) after another, and the outcome of rewriting code for these
> sorts of stylistic reasons has rarely resulted in any of the claimed
> benefits.  Working code is best left alone.  If 2geom was an
> incomprehensible mess of spaghetti code you might have a point, but I
> just had a look at it, and its organization seems pretty typical for C++
> code.
>
> Now if you have a functional improvement to make to 2geom, by which I
> mean changing some method to a different algorithm that runs faster or
> uses less memory, or adding a needed method, then by all means go ahead.
>    But don't waste your time rewriting working code just to make it better
> conform to some stylistic ideal.

I will stop trying to argue with someone who does not develop 2geom, 
does not stay on topic, and does not reply to arguments put forth.

-Johan