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Are questions about which approach or option would be best for a specific task on-topic?

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I occasionally have questions such as 'Should I use A or B approach for this specific task?' For example:

  • Buffered or unbuffered IO for a configuration file
  • Storyboard or XIB (or neither) for a simple MacOS app
  • open(full_path) or openat(dirfd, relative_path) or cd(dirpath) and open(relative_name)

Or questions that ask 'Which approach is the most efficient?' followed by a description of a specific requirements, merit function, and the task at hand.

I am aware I could just try both approaches, but both might appear to work equally well or I want to ensure I am not missing any nuanced issues with either way.

Would such questions be on-topic for Stack Overflow as long as I phrase the question objectively and not subjectively? Or should I refrain from asking these questions or ask them somewhere else?


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