From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2000-12-28T02:32:32+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:8129] Re: Code examples in the pickaxe book [long]

Kevin Smith <sent@qualitycode.com> writes:


> It would be nice if you could have a "final", complete version. You
> might need to add a flag code to your preprocessor (e.g. lines
> starting with '*' are final, others are not). This "final" version
> could be put up on a web site. At that point, it would also be a
> nice touch to include it in the book--probably in an appendix.
> Hopefully that would make everyone happy, with minimal effort on
> your part.

Now that's an interesting idea. I'll go see how doable that is.

My other concern is obviously the book. Right now, we're not allowed
to do anything that changes pagination (with a very few exceptions),
so I have to make sure that whatever changes I make have absolutely no 
impact on the existing Postscript. I also have to ensure that I don't
inadvertently change any of the code within an example. Adding a flag
as you suggest sounds as if it should be fairly safe, though. (That
probably ranks along with "Don't be ridiculous, they can't possibly
hit us from over ther... " as a famous last word..)


Dave