10:07 <discocaml> <contextfreebeer> I think making it clear in a sticky that questions must meet a minimum standard of quality and will otherwise be closed or heavily frowned upon might offer a partial solution, the problem is that it can easily make the community too hostile, case in point Stack Overflow. A lot of people don't know how that site works but a lot of people probably get it. Most questions I want to post on there I end up answering while writing by using my

10:51 <discocaml> <limp.biskit> the funny thing though is that question wasn’t bad

10:51 <discocaml> <limp.biskit> the one i linked

10:52 <discocaml> <limp.biskit> badly worded, but it actually produced a good answer in the end

10:54 <discocaml> <limp.biskit> a lot of stack overflow questions are like that, where what they’re literally asking can be solved in two seconds, but it’s utility is in somebody showing their working

10:56 <discocaml> <limp.biskit> unfortunately google nowadays also seems to put forum posts above manuals

10:56 <discocaml> <fabric.input_output> what is the type expression for an `Eio` tcp socket connection? I look at the signature of `Eio.Net.connect` but the type expression is a bit too complicated for me

10:59 <discocaml> <limp.biskit> Eio.Net.stream_socket_ty

11:02 <discocaml> <fabric.input_output> but what should the type parameter be?

11:06 <discocaml> <limp.biskit> https://ocaml-multicore.github.io/eio/eio/Eio_unix/Stdenv/index.html#type-base

11:07 <discocaml> <limp.biskit> the net parameter from stdenv

11:08 <discocaml> <limp.biskit> so Unix | Generic, but any function that produces a socket should also take an env#net afaik

11:12 <discocaml> <fabric.input_output> so, is it `Eio_unix_Stdenv.base Eio.Net.stream_socket_ty`?

11:15 <discocaml> <limp.biskit> ```ocaml

11:15 <discocaml> <limp.biskit> [ `Unix | `Generic ] Eio.Net.stream_socket_ty

11:15 <discocaml> <limp.biskit> ```

11:15 <discocaml> <fabric.input_output> oh

11:15 <discocaml> <fabric.input_output> I see there's also `Eio_unix.Net.stream_socket_ty` that is exactly that type

11:16 <discocaml> <fabric.input_output> thanks

14:28 <discocaml> <regularspatula> This has been an interesting thread in general I think. The minimum quality idea is interesting, but I can also see the value in, if the forum provides a `beginner` tag, then it should also be okay with questions that aren’t very high quality

14:29 <discocaml> <regularspatula> I think the forum is good for beginners normally, but there are a few times when some moderation should have happened

22:15 <discocaml> <Et7f3 (@me on reply)> I wouldn't recommend pulling another stdlib just for one function: either I buy the full stdlib or just copy function of alt stdlib (if I copy more and more utility I might change to full use of alt stdlib)

23:19 <discocaml> <yawaramin> i took all those considerations into account before recommending `String.mapi`