principles:law_of_leaky_abstractions
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| principles:law_of_leaky_abstractions [2013-08-12 16:24] – strategies, rationale christian | principles:law_of_leaky_abstractions [2013-08-29 12:15] – christian | ||
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| a) the leakiness of abstractions is ignored (bad usage of an abstraction) or | a) the leakiness of abstractions is ignored (bad usage of an abstraction) or | ||
| b) the benefits of the abstraction cannot justify the disadvantages created by its leakiness (bad abstraction) or | b) the benefits of the abstraction cannot justify the disadvantages created by its leakiness (bad abstraction) or | ||
| - | c) the abstraction is more leaky as necessary (bad abstraction) | + | c) the abstraction is more leaky than necessary (bad abstraction) |
| ===== Description ===== | ===== Description ===== | ||
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| So it would be better if C++ had a real native string type. | So it would be better if C++ had a real native string type. | ||
| - | (this example is taken from ((Joel Spolsky: // | + | (this example is taken from ((Joel Spolsky: // |
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