This is a short parable I came up while discussing linters, in response to someone asking if I think it’s good to be inconsistent.
Archives: November 2020
What Is The Purpose Of Private?
09 Nov, 2020 — Category: Software DesignWhy use private
at all? What is the benefit of trying to stop other
people from using code that works perfectly well? It’s to reduce
future maintenance costs by discouraging coupling to unstable
dependencies.