On 24 Oct 2015, at 09:17, Joachim Breitner wrote:
> For example in
>
>> Relevant bindings include
>> syllables :: [(a1, Syllable)]
>> (bound at Derive/Call/India/Pakhawaj.hs:141:16)
>> best_match :: [(a1, Syllable)]
>> -> Maybe (Int, ([(a1, Syllable)], [(a1, Sequence Bol)]))
>> (bound at Derive/Call/India/Pakhawaj.hs:141:5)
>
> Also, unless the programmer is doing weird things with shadowing, is
> the "bound at" information really valuable? I’d say no: Usually, the
> programmer knows his bindings, and even if not, she will not have any
> problems finding the right binding.
As someone who spends a lot of time maintaining code that I did not write, I
have to say that it is not enough that the "programmer knows his bindings".
She might, but I do not. This kind of helpful signposting of exactly what file
+ linenumber + character position to look at, is really useful for someone who
is not familiar with the code.
Regards,
Malcolm
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