[Dev] Objection to the new CPIA example

[John Anderson]

Alec Flett wrote:

> Jared Rhine wrote:
>
>>"Real Chandler" examples should be separate from "hello worlds".  Full
>>examples (like Java's example store) should be sparse, but show the full
>>framework needed to hook into the various bits (such as stamping).
>>
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> While I appreciate the notion that a hello world should be quick and 
> to the point, I think this particular way of adding a separate 
> mechanism for the detail view that is never used beyond hello world, 
> is about the equivalent of saying that the following code is a good 
> "GTK" hello world example:

I think the ViewableKind approach is appropriate for an Item that you 
don't intend to be stampable, or not display a detail view with the 
stamping bar.

>
> main() {
>     printf("Hello, world, from gtk!");
> }
>
> :)
>
> Alec
>
>>I suppose I favor having both, with an emphasis today on the shortest
>>example that can be made to do useful work.  But I should be able to
>>"graduate" to a fully-stamped (or whatever else ViewableKind doesn't
>>give you) parcel via sample code tested and included in the 0.6 release.
>>
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>>I would probably include ViewableKind in 0.6 if the full example is also
>>done and the shorter example is the only thing that uses ViewableKind.
>>Risk seems low in that case, even if ViewableKind has bugs.  At least, I
>>would start with the ViewableKind model if it were offered and required
>>no patching.
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