Reporting things not bugs

[Robert John Andersen]

Whats the mechanism for reporting things like changes in an implementation of a method, open a bug or post to this forum.

As an example, while looking through OQUser I noted the 2 methods:
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public void addToDoItem(int aTopicID, int anItemID) {
  OQToDoItem btdi = new OQToDoItem (aTopicID, anItemID);
  toDoItems.addElement (btdi);
}

public void addToDoItem(OQToDoItem aToDoItem) {
  toDoItems.addElement (aToDoItem);
}
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I would suggest that addToDoItem(int aTopicID, int anItemID) be changed to

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public void addToDoItem(int aTopicID, int anItemID) {
  addtoDoItem( new OQToDoItem( aTopicID, anItemID );
}
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I know things like this are small but it helps insulate against errors if changes have to take place to the toDoItems Vector.

Let me know, thanks.

[Matt Jensen]

Good point, thanks. Change made, and will be rolled into the next build (I'm trying to put builds every 24-48 hours now).  I agree it's generally better to get things done well, upfront, than to add a bunch of half-done code and hope you'll have time to clean it all up later.

Regarding reporting, I think in this example it could have been posted either as a low-priority bug or wish-list item.  Maybe we should add a "coding style" priority.