Re:The Wrong Abstraction (2016)
by dlubarov on Friday July 20, 2018 @08:11PM
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Even if some shared code is currently branch-free though, it may be unlikely to remain that way if the abstraction is fragile.
A red flag is vague function names like "processThing" or "afterThingHappens". If a function can't be summarized concisely, it's probably doing too many things, and the abstraction is likely to break down later when the callers' needs diverge.
A red flag is vague function names like "processThing" or "afterThingHappens". If a function can't be summarized concisely, it's probably doing too many things, and the abstraction is likely to break down later when the callers' needs diverge.