Re: Tutorial creates confusion about slices

On 2007-04-26, Steve Holden <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Antoon Pardon wrote:
On 2007-04-25, Steve Holden <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[...]

Most people reading a tutorial are aware that they are being given the
knowledge they need to put the subject matter to immediate use, and that
there may well be refinements that are glossed over or covered in detail
later or elsewhere.

I agree with that.

However there is a difference between information that will help you
on the way now that will be refined later and information that will
help you on the way now and will be contradicted later.

I also understand that the line between the two is rather fuzzy.

In my opinion the text in the tutorial as it stands now, is more
of the latter than of the former type and that is why I would
prefer a change.

I had already deduced that from your arguments so far in this thread. Do
you *have* to make every trivial conclusion explicit?

Well my problem was I had the feeling your remark totally ignored that.

I honestly don't understand what you thought your remark would
contribute if you had deduced the above.

It is very possible that this is a failing of mine in recognizing
when people have understood the point I am trying to make.

Warning: this is an explicit test to see whether you can sit on your
hands and refrain from replying. It's hard to find a thread where you
don't make the last comment on every branch you get involved in.

Well I guess I failed.

--
Antoon Pardon
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