Response below. -----Original Message----- From: Peter B. West [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 9:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Getting breaks: revisited
Keiron Liddle wrote: >> I could just do it, special cases can use special techniques provided it >> doesn't effect normal cases too much. >In my view, and here we differ, auto layout is not a special case. It is the litmus test of the design. I believe that the design can and should be such that the easy cases are special, simplified, cases of the general solution.< I would have to agree. If fighting complexity is the concern, the "special techniques for special cases" code must be kept to an absolute minimum. Special case code pretty much generates complexity on its own. Something like auto layout of tables should be treated as part of the general layout solution, if for no reason other than the fact that nearly everyone who makes a table in FO is going to want to use auto layout (or, in the case of newcomers, defaults to it). If table auto layout seems to be falling under the heading of "special case" under the current design, it may be a clue that the design needs to be rethought. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]