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Re:Terrible programming features from the past by samus on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @12:24AM (#27744214)
The issue is that it can become very complicated very quickly, even when the IDE is able to figure it all out and present it in a useful way. Even with the best tooling, nonlocal control flow can't help but increase the WTF per minute[0].

[0]: https://www.osnews.com/story/19266/wtfsm/

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Re:Terrible programming features from the past by Firadeoclus on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @07:06AM (#27746713)
If it does in fact become "very complicated" then maybe you are trying to achieve something that is very complicated.

Good tooling takes the surprise out of nonlocal control flow, and can project it into local control flow on demand.

To take it back to skrebbel's complaint, "methods defined far, far away", "absolutely no way to tell", "very surprising", "no indication whatsoever" -- all things that good tooling fixes because it can show you what gets injected where and why, when you need it (and show you a minimally intrusive reminder when you don't).

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