Code isn't poetry

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by tholex • 12 years ago

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otikik• 12 years ago

I don't agree that the second example is more readable than the first

ratsimihah• 12 years ago

But it is!

Tanner• 12 years ago

Why do you think that?

solomone• 12 years ago

Any syntax is less readable if you're unfamiliar with it. If you see enough of them, it reads naturally.

jloughry• 12 years ago

Pedantic is putting the braces in even where they're optional, simply because it avoids problems later on. Pedantic is using Yoda conditionals [1] in C because it enables lvalue checking in the compiler. Pedantic is checking return codes, using assertions, and validating inputs. Pedantic is not unnecessary code; it recognizing what is necessary, and doing it.

[1] E.g., "if (1 == n)" instead of "if (n == 1)" (or prefer a language that uses := for assignment).

Code isn't poetry

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