On 05/30/2010 08:03 PM, Ken Moffat wrote: > On 29 May 2010 19:28, Joe Ciccone <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> My proposed change is simply an expansion on our current structure. Very >> little in the actual layout will change, mostly files will just be merged >> together rather then having way too many redundant xi:includes. Currently, >> for each forked file we have one for every tag for every architecture. It's >> ridiculous. >> >> I will implement this in a few sections of the book and see how it works >> out. >> > When I was editing here, there were always two problems - people making > a change without testing if it allowed the book to generate, and changes > which accidentally broke other architectures. Of the latter, I think I broke > alpha at least twice. So, if the change makes the book less fragile, it will > be worthwhile. > > The possible downside is that it makes the resulting files hard to read and > navigate (similar to the #idfdef problems that have sometimes occurred > in C code). I have confidence in your judgement. > It's been a while since I talked about this, I did get a chance to implement it in a few sections, all the way through tools, it made the book really really hard to read. It's just going to cause more problems then it's worth, moving on.
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