Re: [Gnash-commit] gnash ChangeLog server/parser/shape_character_d...

[strk]

On Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 09:48:34PM +0100, Udo Giacomozzi wrote:
> Hello strk,
> 
> Monday, November 12, 2007, 9:11:29 PM, you wrote:
> s> Reminds me of an old adagio: "should we use integers for paths?"
> 
> I tend to say "yes" but it's difficult to say because so much stuff
> involved.
> 
> Counter-question: will it help us other than saving a few bytes of
> memory?

Actually, sizeof(int) == sizeof(float) here...

> Anyway, this reminds me of an old saying: "if it ain't broken, don't
> fix it" ... words of wisdom! ;)

Yes, that old saying has a point.
Another one says: "if you don't find it broken, try harder".

See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Popper#Problem_of_Induction

<< As Stephen Hawking explains, "No matter how many times the results of
  experiments agree with some theory, you can never be sure that the next
  time the result will not contradict the theory." >>

--strk;