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...often overly compact things you will not be able to remember the reasoning for later. | ...often ''too'' clever, overly compact things you will not be able to remember the details of or reasoning for later. | ||
In the name of maintainability, such compactness is ''generally'' discouraged, in favour of a more verbose-but-more-readable style, | In the name of maintainability, such compactness is ''generally'' discouraged, in favour of a more verbose-but-more-readable style, | ||
especially if that is no less efficient yo execute. | especially if that is no less efficient yo execute. | ||
Unless everyone knows the trick, of course. | |||
Latest revision as of 10:52, 7 May 2024
What people usually mean with syntax-fu is clever expressions.
...often too clever, overly compact things you will not be able to remember the details of or reasoning for later.
In the name of maintainability, such compactness is generally discouraged, in favour of a more verbose-but-more-readable style, especially if that is no less efficient yo execute.
Unless everyone knows the trick, of course.