Re:Eve: Programming designed for humans
by computerphage on Friday October 28, 2016 @04:18PM
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> function names are not subject to rot
I don't agree with this. I think often a function will drift from its name if functionality is added to an aspect of its implementation or because of refactoring.
And thus it's important to also rename things when refactoring, or else you get awful confused when your Foobinator(x) function returns you a Splunkinated value, or your FrobbleTheFribbets() call also woggles the wiggles.
Also addresses are not like names. As with names in general, a name can refer to more than one object. (Consider modules, for example.)