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Yes, please (Score:2)

by autarch (914) on 2010.09.05 21:50 (#72368) Homepage Journal

I'm not a big fan of MI, and I think the main reason is it's too freaking magical. This "feature" is a perfect example of magic gone bad. It adds a _tiny_ bit of convenience (arguably less than tiny) while adding significant headaches for those who don't understand WTF is going on.

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  by frew (9054)
  
  I agree in full. It's like, "Here, let's declare our deps in this file, except for the secret ones that we assume!"
  
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