TEC <tecos...@gmail.com> writes:
David Rogers <davidandrewrog...@gmail.com> writes:
IMO this can (and definitely should) be regarded as a purely
cosmetic problem,
to be resolved by purely cosmetic methods. I think the idea
that each table cell
is exactly one unit of information (and can’t be a collection
or array of units
of information) is more important than this issue.
In other words, I think it’s better to ridiculously overload
fontification and
output formatting, than to sacrifice the main logic of how
tables currently
work. I just don’t believe that it could be worth it.
The appearance of the tables is purely cosmetic ... however when
one
ends up maintaining three copies of the same table, I don't
think that
dismissing it offhand as a "cosmetic problem" is a productive
approach.
I’m not using the word in a dismissive way; I just think fixing
the problem “head-on“, solving a display problem by display
solutions, is better than disruptively (and permanently) changing
the logic in order to improve the display.
--
David Rogers
