Re: [Axiom-developer] Must hear...

2014-05-11 Thread Martin Baker
On 09/05/14 18:16, Tim Daly wrote: With respect to documentation of open source software... You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means. -- The Princess Bride The notion that reading the code is the ultimate truth for documentation is based on a misunderstanding at

Re: [Axiom-developer] Must hear...

2014-05-11 Thread u1204
So what should one do if one wants to modify parts of Axiom (or its forks) where all there is is the code? Should one: 1) Trace through the code and try to reverse engineer the documentation, then modify that. 2) Try to understand generally what it does (such as working out what the

Re: [Axiom-developer] Must hear...

2014-05-11 Thread Tim Daly
So what should one do if one wants to modify parts of Axiom (or its forks) where all there is is the code? Should one: 1) Trace through the code and try to reverse engineer the documentation, then modify that. 2) Try to understand generally what it does (such as working out what the