I have a concern regarding the Code Review site: It seems to me that when a question is posted for code review that there really can be multiple correct answers.
In fact, the FAQ states:
You should only ask practical, answerable questions based on actual problems that you face. Chatty, open-ended questions diminish the usefulness of our site and push other questions off the front page.
But as I read through many of the questions, it seems that many of them are "un-answerable". So my concern here is how useful it is. Perhaps a different format for accepting the correct answers would help, such as allowing the user to pick the top 3 useful suggestions.
Or am I missing some key information here?
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2\$\begingroup\$ Related: meta.codereview.stackexchange.com/questions/54/…. You do not have to accept an answer, and there are many ways of recognizing good answers other than accepting. \$\endgroup\$Michael K– Michael K Mod2011年10月01日 22:48:14 +00:00Commented Oct 1, 2011 at 22:48
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there is really can be multiple correct answers
Multiple correct answers is not really a problem; there is always "more than one way to do it".
The only time it is a problem is when the # of answers is infinitely large and always growing. in practice this has not been a problem on Code Review, probably because each code snippet is quite specific.