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edflsafoiewq 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Why Not Comments

A function generally tells you what it does three times: once in the doc comment, once in the function name, and once in the body.

worik 3 months ago [–]

Putting too much emphasis on na,Ed leads to looooong names

I've seen 64 character variable names

Names should be mnemonic. Reminding, not describing

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