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by malf 1599 days ago
If it’s too big for an example, it’s almost certainly too big for “trust me, I know this is safe”.
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I don't see how you can make this claim. An example is meant to be understandable after a cursory introduction and communicate an idea to the reader. If it takes me a day to understand the "example", it's not useful as an example, but real problems often take that long to completely understand in any language.