Guidelines are not rules

Mar 18, 2024 at 11:24am
Mar 20, 2024 at 8:01am
Indeed. Followup question:
Is the "Guidelines are not rules" a guideline or a rule? ...
Mar 23, 2024 at 5:15pm
"Guidelines are not rules" is also a guideline, because your company or team could choose to enforce the guidelines as rules even if they are just meant as guidelines.
Last edited on Mar 23, 2024 at 5:16pm
Mar 23, 2024 at 10:54pm
“This rule is not a rule.”




“...unless it is a rule that it is.”
Mar 23, 2024 at 11:10pm
This is almost as nonsensical as the rant about the C++ stdlib is not the STL.

http://kera.name/articles/2010/08/it-is-not-called-the-stl-mmkay/

I'm all for being precise as possible, but precision can be taken to absurd levels that render a discussion a Religious War.
Mar 24, 2024 at 12:18am
Meh, the STL isn’t the Standard Library. And that’s a 13-year old article.

But that is the nature of randos on the internet sharing knowledge.
Sometimes people are wrong.

And sometimes people are just plain annoying.
And that’s all I’ll say about that guy’s opinion piece...



Good threads often start with some fun nonsense.
Last edited on Mar 24, 2024 at 12:19am
Apr 12, 2024 at 12:27pm
It's important to understand the reason for the guideline/rule. Sometimes the reason doesn't apply, so breaking the rule is perfectly okay.
Apr 12, 2024 at 10:21pm
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Apr 13, 2024 at 1:46am
There were rules?
Apr 14, 2024 at 7:40pm
There were rules?

"There are rules, and then there are rules."
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