- From: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
- Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 22:02:44 -0400
- To: public-test-infra@w3.org
On 09/15/2017 06:54 AM, James Graham wrote: > In practice anyone sufficiently knowledgeable to be interacting > with a test can likely identify the relevant parts of the specs > rather quickly. As a CSS spec editor who was tasked with reviewing some totally uncommented layout tests, I disagree with this statement. > In general, I think it's worth considering the cost to the wider > ecosystem of policies and requirements, because things that help > one specific group can nevertheless be a net negative when the > full picture is considered. In general, people who approach code as a write-only exercise and don't comment on what their code is trying to do make maintenance of that code difficult for anyone who has to deal with it later on. ~fantasai
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