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On 9/7/2014 9:45 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 8/20/2014 5:50 AM, Chris Uppal wrote:
>> Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>> How about: "Because making it easier to get things wrong than to get
>>>> things right is rarely a good idea" ?
>>>
>>> You think that because Card is Comparable<> then people would mess up
>>> the core game logic of comparing hands?
>>>
>>> I am not so worried about that. That is one thing that will typical
>>> be very well-defined in the game rules.
>>
>> What I'd expect to see is people attempting to use the Comparable<>
>> interface
>> regardless of the game rules.  And then patching their logic with ad-hoc
>> special cases when they realised that the pre-defined Comparable<>
>> didn't do
>> exactly what the rules require.
>>
>> Better not to set traps for the unwary.
>
> Avoid adding stuff that could be used wrong seems as a hopeless
> strategy to me.

     Avoiding stuff that is seldom right seems worth while, though.

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Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Scott Dunning <scottwd01@gmail.com> - 2014-08-01 18:16 -0700
  Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2014-08-02 01:42 -0700
    Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2014-08-02 10:19 +0000
      Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2014-08-03 15:54 -0700
        Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2014-08-04 13:00 +0000
          Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-08-19 17:48 -0400
            Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... "Chris Uppal" <chris.uppal@metagnostic.REMOVE-THIS.org> - 2014-08-20 10:48 +0100
              Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-09-07 21:42 -0400
              Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-09-07 22:04 -0400
                Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-09-07 22:08 -0400
  Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Mike Amling <mamling@chaff.us> - 2014-08-03 07:38 -0500
  Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-08-03 10:23 -0400
    Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... lipska the kat <lipskathekat@example.com> - 2014-08-03 18:52 +0100
      Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-03 14:16 -0400
        Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... lipska the kat <lipskathekat@example.com> - 2014-08-03 19:21 +0100
          Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-03 14:38 -0400
            Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... lipska the kat <lipskathekat@example.com> - 2014-08-03 19:41 +0100
    Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Mike Amling <mamling@chaff.us> - 2014-08-03 16:05 -0500
  Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-03 11:08 -0400
    Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-08-03 11:41 -0400
      Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-03 13:25 -0400
        Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-03 13:36 -0400
          Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... David Postill <david.postill@gmail.com> - 2014-08-04 09:00 +0200
        Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-03 13:47 -0400
          Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-03 13:52 -0400
            Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-03 14:10 -0400
        Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-08-03 15:00 -0400
          Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-08-03 15:26 -0400
            Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... lipska the kat <lipskathekat@example.com> - 2014-08-03 20:34 +0100
            Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-08-03 16:49 -0400
              Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-08-03 17:01 -0400
                Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... "Chris Uppal" <chris.uppal@metagnostic.REMOVE-THIS.org> - 2014-08-04 20:32 +0100
                Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-08-19 17:45 -0400
                Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... "Chris Uppal" <chris.uppal@metagnostic.REMOVE-THIS.org> - 2014-08-20 10:50 +0100
                Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Brixomatic <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2014-08-31 10:17 +0200
                Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... "Chris Uppal" <chris.uppal@metagnostic.REMOVE-THIS.org> - 2014-09-04 15:14 +0100
                Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-09-04 10:55 -0400
                Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... "Chris Uppal" <chris.uppal@metagnostic.REMOVE-THIS.org> - 2014-09-04 16:12 +0100
                [OT] Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-09-04 15:05 -0400
                Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2014-09-05 10:03 -0700
                Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-09-07 21:45 -0400
                Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-09-07 22:13 -0400
              Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-03 17:19 -0400
                Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-08-04 08:14 -0400
                Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-04 20:03 -0400
                Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-04 20:29 -0400
          Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-03 15:45 -0400
            Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-03 16:01 -0400
              Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-08-03 17:05 -0400
                Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-03 17:37 -0400
                Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-03 18:19 -0400
                Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-03 18:34 -0400
                Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-08-03 20:37 -0400
                Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-03 20:40 -0400
                Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-03 20:49 -0400
                Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-03 18:09 -0400
  Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2014-08-04 18:43 -0700
    Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... "Chris Uppal" <chris.uppal@metagnostic.REMOVE-THIS.org> - 2014-08-05 11:19 +0100
      Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... "Chris Uppal" <chris.uppal@metagnostic.REMOVE-THIS.org> - 2014-08-05 11:28 +0100
  Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... lipska the kat <lipskathekat@example.com> - 2014-08-31 17:31 +0100

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