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Re: [RFC] New cpu --- Morpho ms1


Hi -

On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 08:41:58AM -0700, Doug Evans wrote:
> [...]
> - adding specialized code can be "that bad" because without adequate
>   commenting like "do as I say, not as I do", more and more such code
>   creeps in over time
>   - imagine if there's 20 different apps (as in (eq? APPLICATION mumble))
>     all with their own little tweaks to rtl-c.scm
> 
> Remove the appearance of the text "SID" from rtl-c.scm and parameterize
> the feature on something generic and I'd be happier.

These are reasonable concerns in the abstract.  Let's not insist on
extra maintenance work on this old code until there is an indication
that another of those 20 different apps shows up, or that gdb/sim will
model delayed writes too.
 

- FChE

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