Re^4: Since when did "\N{U+5678}" work as an alternative to "\x{5678}"? -- good habits

[Discipulus]

Mah, I messaged the OP few seconds after he posted telling him there was almost no content. I supposed some error by his part. After this i messaged in the CB that after 15 minutes I would marked the post for reaping and I do it.

Error or not I perceive not so kind a post with just the subject; I receive many mails of this sort at work and I dislike them.

Anyway we have consideration and I was relying on it: I downvoted the post and marked for reaping but, as you can see, we collectively decided for the post to stay: at the moment it has Keep: 3, Edit: 5, Reap: 2. So if it's ok for us it's ok for me.

In any case I still dislike posts with question in the title; this is against principles of How do I post a question effectively? that starts with:

> If you want to get good answers: Paste actual code that reproduces the..

So even few words of kindness would be more appreciated by me in posts, even if very syntetic. Consider also that the OP had 336 posts already wrote before this one and he it's here since 2007.

If DRY is good habit it's not a religion and you risk to become too DRY as a Martini .. ;=)

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[Your Mother]

I understand that I guess but I asked what would have improved it. It was a valid if brief question. Repeating would not have improved it. Chit chat would not have improved it, objectively speaking. It was a casual question perhaps better suited for the CB but I still found it interesting—I expected the answer to not be 5.8—and devoid of offense. I was surprised that anyone took same.

[LanX]

My 2 cents

The post could be improved in many ways

• Prior to Hauke 's reply I had no clue about the context.
• I didn't know what "n/t" is supposed to mean (neither did Hauke nor you)
So
• I messaged him without reaction.
• He prefers blunt exchanges
• He got links to the house rules.
> I understand that I guess but I asked what would have improved it.

He could have

• provided context like "unicode notation" for the unwary
• provided a link to relevant POD describing the feature
• shown us what he already tried to avoid duplicity

Finally Ikegami is right, it's the post before the title, the title is just narrowing the subject.

At least he could have said something like,

• "the title says it already. ..."
Finally
• it's not up to us to compensate laziness

[Your Mother]

I did suggest I knew what n/t means and I think I'm right. :P Plenty of posts with 8 paragraphs are less clear but don't get downvoted or complaints. I agree it's not up to us to compensate laziness. That includes it in readers. My view: the generally negative reaction, and its defense, is a strange kind of conservative, parochial, pedantry.

[LanX]

> I would marked the post for reaping and I do it.

Actually you didn't. :)

> question in the title and almost no content. OP msged

No mention of "reap:"

I'm always confused by considerations consisting of a why but without any what ?