Re: GoTo in Java


In article <0lsCf.112291$m05.1772@clgrps12>, "Oliver Wong" <owong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
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> To prevent 20 page documentation for a 20 line block of code, the
> comments could themselves be structured (perhaps via XML?) so you could
> instruct your IDE to filter out the parts that are not relevant to you.

Now you're getting into the realm of Literate Programming, which I
think is probably the direction you ought to go with this idea.
Understanding the intent of programs is a task for humans, not
software; so give it to the author, and not to a decompiler. That's
not to say that decompilers couldn't assist with the sort of multiple-
language representation you're describing, but I think most of the
tooling would be on the front side, where the programmer is.

I think Literate Programming has a lot going for it, actually, but
the development environments (and not just IDEs - we don't all like
IDEs) need work.

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