Re: No Flags "Policy"



On Sat, 2003-11-22 at 13:08, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> <quote who="Christian Fredrik Kalager Schaller">
> 
> > I think a general no-flags policy is a rather silly notion.
> 
> > And general bans I do not support as we do not know what kind of
> > applications we will include in the future. There might very well be
> > situations where using flags are the best solution. Lets take each case as
> > they arise instead of making broad sweeping policies. 
> 
> How about "if there is a great reason for including flags at a later date,
> we'll have to review it". But for now, let's avoid it.

How about just adding a entry to the HIG saying that we don't recommend
using flags as language identifiers since it is probably not the best
tool for the job.

Christian




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