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Pattern categories - Orion Pobursky - 2023-04-01
I'd like to drop the CMF pattern categories.
As a broader proposal, I'd like to drop pattern categories completely.
I feel keywords better suited, many patterns cross categories, and we've already ignored the rules in some cases (Nexo shields). Additionally it is felt that choosing the "correct" code is a source of confusing among new authors.
RE: Pattern categories - N. W. Perry - 2023-04-01
(2023-04-01, 13:21)Orion Pobursky Wrote: I'd like to drop the CMF pattern categories.
As a broader proposal, I'd like to drop pattern categories completely.
I feel keywords better suited, many patterns cross categories, and we've already ignored the rules in some cases (Nexo shields). Additionally it is felt that choosing the "correct" code is a source of confusing among new authors.
I still find the category groupings useful when searching for a pattern. I can see that it would be unwieldy to continue them as the number of patterns outgrows the allocated codes, but keeping the legacy categories is not without merit.