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It would be nice if RTFM was always an option, but a lot of the time the documentation is woefully incomplete.

[-] krakenfury@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 2 weeks ago

What's there to document? It's all there in the source code! ๐Ÿ˜œ

[-] rtxn@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

Ah yes.

/* return an item's property as identified by 'prop' */
prop_t* getItemProperty(item_t* item, char* prop)

The floor is made of floor.

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Or it presupposes existing knowledge or configuration.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago

So so true. A perfect example is anything on any page of man other than 1 may as well not exist.

[-] Zikeji@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago

It's either woefully incomplete or behind a paywall so someone in the company has access to be you can't figure out who and eventually just give up.

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