Re: [Scid-users] minor patch for fics window

2013-07-12 Thread Cristian Stoica
> Speaking of it, what about four space tab-stops for new and updated code >> (of course not for the sake of it)? >> > In the eternal conflict between tabs vs spaces i'm a tabs supporter too. > However in scid we try to maintain file consistency: when patching a file > that used spaces you should u

Re: [Scid-users] minor patch for fics window

2013-07-12 Thread Fulvio
Cristian Stoica wrote: > Sure, we could simply commit the code and let users find if it add any > bugs, but i think it's not the right way. > I'm against taking patches without review and testing. I fall into > this trap myself times and times again. I needed to know if the > example was to make

Re: [Scid-users] minor patch for fics window

2013-07-12 Thread Cristian Stoica
>...but the current code is in use by more than 4 years and there are no bug reports. No bug reports doesn't mean there are no bugs. For example, I have three of them in my queue (two for fics) that I did not report. Sure, we could simply commit the code and let users find if it add any > bugs, bu

Re: [Scid-users] minor patch for fics window

2013-07-12 Thread Fulvio
Cristian Stoica wrote: > You could argue the reverse if the patch was already there and then > removed Exactly, but the current code is in use by more than 4 years and there are no bug reports. I'm not saying that adding "split" is wrong; the point is that it makes the code more robust, but it

Re: [Scid-users] minor patch for fics window

2013-07-12 Thread Cristian Stoica
You could argue the reverse if the patch was already there and then removed for not adding visible value. But not unless there was a real case where the removal would regress (e.g. because the parsed text is not regular). Does the addition regress? The fact that 'split' adds an empty element in y