Timeline for Are questions asking for "The best way" always primarily opinion-based?
Current License: CC BY-SA 3.0
4 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2017 at 19:28 | comment | added | ruakh |
I'm not disputing the broader point of your answer -- that's why I +1'd it -- but only your second paragraph. The fact that there are languages without trim is exactly my point: if such a question is on-topic (and I believe that it is), then it is on-topic no matter what the answer turns out to be.
|
|
| May 3, 2017 at 19:10 | comment | added | Chris Pratt |
The broader point of my answer was that you can't just jump on any one thing and say "Oh, that's definitely an opinionated question". The trim example, was a counter argument to show a case where an answer to a "best way" question could still be objective. That there may be languages that don't have that particular function is beside the point.
|
|
| May 3, 2017 at 19:06 | comment | added | ruakh |
+1 because of your first paragraph, but I disagree with the second. I mean, consider your trim example for a language that doesn't have such a library function. Would you then declare the question to be off-topic? In that case, how could an asker know beforehand whether their question would be off-topic? Just as it's perfectly fine to answer the question "How do I ___?" with "You can't, but ___", it's also perfectly fine to answer the question "What's the best way to ___?" with "There's no one clear best way, but you can ___".
|
|
| May 2, 2017 at 19:11 | history | answered | Chris Pratt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |