Re: [dev] [dmenu] [PATCHES 1-5] Changes and cleanup

From: Markus Wichmann <nullplan_AT_gmx.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 11:42:32 +0100

On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 10:24:27AM +0100, FRIGN wrote:
> no matter how big the codebase is, in my opinion, if you need tools like
> that there's something wrong with the code. And I've worked with really
> big codebases (good and bad) in my time.

I'm talking about stuff like musl: I don't want to know that qsort() is
defined in src/stdlib/sort.c. I just want to see the function. And if
you're used to getting that in an instant, manually navigating it is
just tedious.

> You can get bigger than that, but a nice example is the ioquake3-engine,
> which is very modular.
> Modularity in general is what C is about and there's no reason to have
> a very complex problem separated into several smaller problems instead
> of writing one single big monolith you need ctags for to navigate.
>

See above. ctags() is useful even for small and suckless code bases.

> It's no wonder the initial developer of ctags, Ken Arnold, is a die-hard
> Java-proponent, a language we all know is designed to bloat problems up
> unnecessarily.
>

Argumentum ad personam. Great! I'd rather discuss the meritts of ctags
based on the program, please.

Ciao,
Markus
Received on Fri Dec 26 2014 - 11:42:32 CET