[SNMP4J] SMIConstants: interface or class?

[Frank Fock]

Beton and Guy,

I think the essential from our discussion about type-safe enumerations
is that one should not suggest changes without pointing out what benefit
that change would add to the software.

Anyway, thanks for your thoughts!
Frank

Guy Katz wrote:

>like I said; I am not the moderator of this list and not a part of the
>SNMP4J team so I am not speaking for them here. frank did not seem to mind
>your architecture comments.
>be sure its nothing personal Richard. its just my opinion on the subject in
>general.
>by the way, you can contribute your knowledge by joining one of the many
>open source projects if you can spare the time...
>I myself have wanted to do this for a while and hope I can someday give back
>to the community for the magnificent open source code that is out there.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Beton, Richard [mailto:richard.beton at roke.co.uk]
>Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 10:16 AM
>To: snmp4j at agentpp.org
>Subject: Re: [SNMP4J] SMIConstants: interface or class?
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>Guy Katz wrote:
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>>also, i must say that i am not sure this mailing list is for critisizing
>>architectures. this list os for questions relating to SNMP4J. its one thing
>>to say "hi, i would appreciate it if this feature might be considered" and
>>another thing to say that "this class should be like what i am saying"
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>>is the vibe i got from the email regarding this issue. ...
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>Forgive me for treading on toes.  I hoped my comments would be seen as
>constructive criticism.  I am not trying to rock the boat, just raise
>suggestions for possible improvement.  I wasn't aware of a better forum
>for making these points.
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>Rick :-)
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