Re: Confused by y-or-n-p

[Gregory Heytings]

> Based on the experience with the new code, I agree with you that the old 
> behavior, while ad-hoc, was a fairly good middle-ground.  But I think 
> it's valuable to work back from that old ad-hoc solution and try and 
> re-implement it in a more "conscious design" way.
>
> The end result will probably not be 100% identical, but it should help 
> us get a code we understand better, compared to the old code whose logic 
> was very much unclear.
>
> IOW, I think the right way to look at it is as a refactoring, which 
> clarifies the code and brings new alternative behaviors.

I fully agree with you.