reboot the Scala FAQ #1844
reboot the Scala FAQ #1844
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gah, nobody has touched this thing in years. and, perhaps, because it's so neglected, nobody in our chat rooms and forums ever refers anyone here. let's do something about it. changes so far: * don't duplicate content from Stack Overflow; this is a worthy but IMO failed experiment * discourage long writeups; encourage links to answers elsewhere * add a few general questions at the top that I know to be especially frequently asked * drop the question about `breakOut`, it is not an FAQ these days this PR is just a start, much room for improvement remains, but IMO this is already mergeable
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This would close #1495 I think. :) |
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If anyone has a suggestion for an especially obvious and important addition to the "General questions" section, you can suggest it here, and if I like your idea, I will probably add it and write an answer right now. If your suggestion is for the "Specific technical questions" section, I would prefer that you wait and send your own PR after this one is merged. |
To expand on that, my plan here is:
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(before we merge this, I need to add a commit that adds redirects for the removed pages) |
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related: MasseGuillaume/sca.la#59 , since the FAQ's URL is hard to remember |
haha well, I'd better go write that commit right now then :-) |
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more followup: #1846 |
gah, nobody has touched this thing in years. and, perhaps, because it's so neglected, nobody in our chat rooms and forums ever refers anyone here. (I exaggerate a bit, but it's mostly true IMO)
but people probably still find it through Google. and if we make it good, then perhaps people in chat rooms and forums will refer people here more
so let's do something about it. changes so far:
breakOut, it is not an FAQ these daysthis PR is just a start, much room for improvement remains, but IMO this is already mergeable
The "More questions" thing is admittedly awkward -- it's the only answer in the old FAQ that wasn't just a duplicate of something from SO. Doing something about that could be future work.