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What is the deal with API documentation that can seem so terse to a hobbyist? (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago by j4k3@lemmy.world to c/programming@programming.dev
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I've encountered this many times where I simply don't understand the context and use of an API based of the API documentation unless I can find an example that already utilizes it in a working project. The first thing that comes to mind is Py Torch. I've tried to figure out how some API features work, or what they are doing in model loader code related to checkpoint caching but failed to contextualize. What harebrain details are obviously missing from someone who asks such a silly question?

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[–] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Don’t change the documentation, change the code to make them line up.

Unless the documentation is wrong

[–] bitfucker@programming.dev 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Just like malbolge

[–] abhibeckert@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Sure - but in the real world that mostly only happens when the documentation is an afterthought.