On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 02:51:10PM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Mon, 03 Mar 2008, Colin Watson wrote: > > Yes, I know - I meant conceptually rather than in detail. notfixed > > should not leave the bug in a fixed/done-type state. > The problem is that giving it side effects (reopening the bug) means > that it's no longer associative.
("commutative" is the word you're looking for -- associative is (a+b)+c
= a+(b+c))
> That seems to violate (at least for me) the principle of least
> surprise.
Having "reopen NNN", "found NNN VER" and "notfixed NNN VER" be different
probably already violates the principle of least surprise.
Cheers,
aj
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