DRY is an over-rated programming principle?

Re:DRY is an over-rated programming principle? by gjulianm on Thursday July 07, 2022 @05:35AM (#32011753)

How do you test 8 lines of regex inside a function that does more things? And what's easier, to write and read the function name or copy-paste the lines with the comment (if the comment explaining what that piece does is even written, that is)?

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Re:DRY is an over-rated programming principle? by jsiaajdsdaa on Thursday July 07, 2022 @09:20AM (#32013725)

i'm a bit confused, do we need to know the nitty gritty details of how Math.random() is written, or that it will reliably give us a random double?

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Re:DRY is an over-rated programming principle? by _ZeD_ on Thursday July 07, 2022 @06:02AM (#32011949)

you dont you mock the function that have the regex with a fixed behavior and check the actual logic inside the wrapper function

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