What does code readability mean?

Re:What does code readability mean? by gregjor on Monday January 08, 2018 @09:57AM (#16097104)

I sometimes describe programming as a one-way hash operation on requirements. A lot of information and context gets lost when writing software, and I haven't seen a workable solution to that problem yet.

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Re:What does code readability mean? by tboyd47 on Monday January 08, 2018 @10:00AM (#16097127)

This is closer to the root of the problem than saying code is unreadable... the information isn't lost because of the code being produced, it's lost because the developer leaves. Documentation won't work because requirements change faster than they can be documented. I don't know a solution other than just trying to convince that developer not to leave.

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Re:What does code readability mean? by pythonaut_16 on Monday January 08, 2018 @12:55PM (#16098450)

IMO that's part of why readable code is so important. If I can look at a piece of code and understand its behavior then I can know something. I might not know what stated requirement it was trying to solve, but I can know for sure what requirements it implements.

Compare that to sloppy code bases with side effects everywhere where you don't know what it's supposed to do or what it does.

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Re:What does code readability mean? by seanmcdirmid on Monday January 08, 2018 @10:04AM (#16097156)

Right. Developers are the real resource/investment and all code rots. At least for now.

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Re:What does code readability mean? by tigershark on Monday January 08, 2018 @02:14PM (#16099197)

DDD done properly should help in that case.

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