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Re: [stellation-res] Comments table, why insert empty comment?

From: Jim Wright - IBM Research <jwright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 16:26:12 -0400
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At 12:05 PM 10/1/2002, Mark C. Chu-Carroll wrote:

Dare I suggest that when the user supplies an empty comment, we
automatically substitute "no comment"?



I prefer "(no comment)" to either "" or NULL.
Why parentheses?
-- implies a system-generated message.
-- should look good in the Eclipse 'hover' comment display.

- Jim


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References:
- Re: [stellation-res] Comments table, why insert empty comment?
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- [stellation-res] Comments table, why insert empty comment?
  - From: Ringo De Smet
- Re: [stellation-res] Comments table, why insert empty comment?
  - From: Mark C. Chu-Carroll

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