Overly Long Variable Name Could Have Been a Comment

Posted by pavel_lishin on Thursday July 03, 2025 @10:56AM
from the jonathan-frere.com dept.

https://jonathan-frere.com/posts/names-vs-comments/

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Re:Overly Long Variable Name Could Have Been a Comment by pavel_lishin on Thursday July 03, 2025 @10:57AM (#44455724)

I wish they had included some examples.

I'm a big fan of breaking things down into intermediate steps, to make the whole flow easier to understand. Sometimes comments are necessary - but usually I can come up with intuitive variable names.

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Re:Overly Long Variable Name Could Have Been a Comment by KingLancelot on Thursday July 03, 2025 @11:00AM (#44455751)

I disagree.

Comments are to explain why, not how.

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