From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2002-12-01T23:09:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Cipher book for ruby

From: "Shannon Fang" <xrfang@hotmail.com>


> Hi Gavin,
> On Sun, 1 Dec 2002 19:27:09 +0900
> "Gavin Sinclair" <gsinclair@soyabean.com.au> wrote:
>
> > That would be good fodder for the FAQ as well.  A question "What on earth
do
> > the following symbols mean...?" would be a good catch-all.
>
> I don't like this kind of index :). A question can only address one
> symbol, what I prefer, from a new user perspective is something like
> following:

I respectfully disagree.  We can't have a separate question for each symbol -
it would result in blowout.

I've posted a proposed FAQ entry for feedback, containing your suggestions
(except class names, which are far from cryptic) and several more.  See what
you think.

Gavin