On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 10:40 AM, Alfred M. Szmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > After doing this, is the function string_to_flags from > > libls/stat_flags.c still necessary? It is also not being called > > from anywhere. > > > > Please don't remove it, it can be useful in the future. > > Blech, that's an awful reason to keep something around. If it were > universally useful, it would be in some major library. > > I'd simply say YAGNI, and get rid of any code that's not being used. > If we turn out to be wrong, that's what revision control is for. > > I would agree with you _IFF_ the code was in a utility, the code is in > a library.
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