Re: Remove Smob::type_p_name_ default (issue 287350043 by address@hidden)

[David Kastrup]

Carl Sorensen <address@hidden> writes:

> On 3/3/16 12:23 AM, "address@hidden" <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>>Reviewers: carl.d.sorensen_gmail.com,
>>
>>Message:
>>On 2016/03/03 00:48:04, Carl wrote:
>>> LGTM.
>>
>>> Thanks for dealing with this so quickly!
>>
>>> Carl
>>
>>Quickly?  We went months without release because of C++ compiler
>>problems related to this exact type match already once.  And a number of
>>patches.  I don't want to restart this cycle of standard/compiler
>>compliance hunting.
>>
>>This is not "dealing with this so quickly" rather than "throwing in the
>>towel right away this time round".
>
> I've seen you work long enough to know how much it pains you to have
> to do something expedient, rather than right.

It's not wrong, just boorish.  But you don't carry a laser sword into
mud wrestling.  You don't take the chance of running against the
standard committees.  You grit your teeth and walk.

> I appreciate your willingness to find an acceptable expedient
> solution, even though it's not perfect.

It's adequate.  Adequate is good, very good, very excellent good; and
yet it is not; it is but adequate.

-- 
David Kastrup