From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2004-05-10T08:05:09+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] interface 0.1.0

On Monday, May 10, 2004, 8:46:08 AM, James wrote:

>>>They seem like a handy way to embed assertions into code to ensure that
>>>something blows up sooner than later, though perhaps the usual TDD 
>>>arguments apply here.
>> 
>> 
>> They do apply, but it's not the end of the story.  Being able to
>> selectively apply this interface approach (and/or the StrongTyping
>> module) is a good thing.  If I were forced to use it with every class
>> I create, it would be frustrating, to say the least.

> Quite true.  But how often, I wonder, do people start out using 
> something like the StrongTyping module, and later on go back and rip it
> out because it ends up getting in the way?

Possibly quite often, but that doesn't invalidate the usage in the
first place.  It served a developmental purpose for a while; as you
wrote, to ensure that something blows up sooner rather than later.
It's the same as removing any other debugging code.

I like the feeling of removing scaffolding from my code :)

Gavin