Re:The Danger of “Simplicity”
by camgunz on Friday November 22, 2019 @11:01AM
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> ...concision
Wrapping up important concepts under good names is clearly a good idea. But on the other end of the spectrum, factoring out a single line from 2 methods and giving it a bad name does far more harm than good. Probably 90% of DRY I come across is this bad kind, I would guess because refactoring for better semantic clarity takes much more effort than just factoring out the common stuff under a different name. I think this downside doesn't get nearly enough airtime as it should.
Wrapping up important concepts under good names is clearly a good idea. But on the other end of the spectrum, factoring out a single line from 2 methods and giving it a bad name does far more harm than good. Probably 90% of DRY I come across is this bad kind, I would guess because refactoring for better semantic clarity takes much more effort than just factoring out the common stuff under a different name. I think this downside doesn't get nearly enough airtime as it should.