hellcow 7 months ago

15j is easier than 4879gg. It’s a little bit quicker on big files—not a huge difference.

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  • lblume 7 months ago

    The information is also more relevant. How many lines a function or block has might make a difference, but the absolute file position is, more often than not, irrelevant.

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    • perrygeo 7 months ago

      Funny, I was thinking exactly the opposite. Stack traces, logs, test failures, warning, etc will always reference an absolute number. If you want to tell a coworker where to find a section of code, you use the absolute number.

      Relative numbers are useful to save a few keystrokes. But in every other context, absolute numbers are what's relevant.

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