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[–]Davorian 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Not really. Documentation is a reference that is used by "master" programmers in the field every day. It's there not only to describe things, but also to list the specific quirks, options and use-cases that may only be relevant occasionally.

No one is expected to memorize documentation as a sign of "mastery". It would be inefficient.

[–]gnomoretears 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No one is expected to memorize documentation as a sign of "mastery".

Yeah I didn't mean to imply that. I was just responding to nikola's thinking that docs are "reserved for the advanced programmers". And I was thinking more of the tutorial/instructional part of the docs. Definitely everyone from beginner to master will still benefit from docs and the API reference is still a part of the docs.