Re^6: Since when did "\N{U+5678}" work as an alternative to "\x{5678}"? -- good habits

My 2 cents

The post could be improved in many ways

Prior to Hauke 's reply I had no clue about the context.
I didn't know what "n/t" is supposed to mean (neither did Hauke nor you)

I messaged him without reaction.
He prefers blunt exchanges
He got links to the house rules.

> I understand that I guess but I asked what would have improved it.

He could have

provided context like "unicode notation" for the unwary
provided a link to relevant POD describing the feature
shown us what he already tried to avoid duplicity

Finally Ikegami is right, it's the post before the title, the title is just narrowing the subject.

At least he could have said something like,

"the title says it already. ..."

Finally

it's not up to us to compensate laziness

Cheers Rolf
_{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)

Wikisyntax for the Monastery}

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Re^7: Since when did "\N{U+5678}" work as an alternative to "\x{5678}"? -- good habits by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Nov 23, 2017 at 16:54 UTC
I did suggest I knew what n/t means and I think I'm right. :P Plenty of posts with 8 paragraphs are less clear but don't get downvoted or complaints. I agree it's not up to us to compensate laziness. That includes it in readers. My view: the generally negative reaction, and its defense, is a strange kind of conservative, parochial, pedantry.	[reply]
Re^8: Since when did "\N{U+5678}" work as an alternative to "\x{5678}"? -- good habits by LanX (Saint) on Nov 23, 2017 at 17:05 UTC
> Plenty of posts with 8 paragraphs are less clear They get reactions like "could you be clearer". But I don't write a paragraph to answer "n/t". "Not rewarding laziness" is like "not feeding trolls". > but don't get downvoted or complaints. Knowing him for some years now, I doubt he cares. :) Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply]
Re^9: Since when did "\N{U+5678}" work as an alternative to "\x{5678}"? -- good habits by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Nov 23, 2017 at 17:13 UTC
I wasn't worried about him, actually. The negative reactions and unwillingness to extrapolate where I see no puzzle bother my anti-process sensibilities. "Yes, yes, I suppose it might possibly be clear what the question is, at least to some obviously wrong radical fringe of the religion, but you forgot to jump through this hoop of which I am rather fond."	[reply]
Re^10: Since when did "\N{U+5678}" work as an alternative to "\x{5678}"? -- good habits by LanX (Saint) on Nov 23, 2017 at 17:24 UTC