On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 2:20 PM, Fabien COELHO <coelho@cri.ensmp.fr> wrote:
>> I'm wondering if percentages instead of weights would be a better
>> idea. That'd mean you'd be forced to be more careful when adding another
>> script (having to adjust the percentages of other scripts) but arguably
>> that's a good thing?
>
> If you use only percent, then you have to check that the total is 100,
> probably you have to use floats, to do something when the total is not 100,
> checking would complicate the code and test people mental calculus
> abilities. Not sure this is a good idea:-)
I agree. I don't see a reason to enforce that the total of the
weights must be 100.
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