Explanation for Krazy checks
Allen Winter
winter at kde.org
Tue Apr 1 15:17:20 BST 2008
On Monday 31 March 2008 04:51:36 Lubos Lunak wrote:
> On Sunday 30 of March 2008, Andreas Pakulat wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'd like to request a bit more verbose explanations on some of krazy's
> > checks. In particular I'm thinking about:
> >
> > * Check for contractions in strings
> > why is it easier to translate do not than don't? In which cases?
> > btw: that one doesn't make the slightest sense if I translate it into
> > german using dict.leo.org
>
> AFAIK this has nothing to do with translations. Contractions are simply
> not formal English.
>
> > * Check for Qt classes that should be avoided
> > Where's the policy document to find out a) why certain classes/methods
> > should be avoided and b) what to use instead? It should be linked from
> > the description.
>
> Nowhere :). Make it
> http://techbase.kde.org/index.php?title=Policies/API_to_Avoid and feel free
> to add more.
Ok, Krazy explanations for these checkers have been updated.
BTW: the contractions check is per the KDE Style Guide on l10n.kde.org
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