Increment Variable Name

Ben Finney bignose+hates-spam at benfinney.id.au
Wed Jan 23 19:14:32 EST 2008


Pablo Ziliani <pablo at decode.com.ar> writes:

> Ben Finney wrote:
> > This has a very bad code smell (...)
> >
> > \ `\ _o__) Ben Finney
> 
> That is forcefulness.
> (sorry, couldn't resist)

I suspect that's a comment on my online nickname, "bignose", and
talking about code smells.

Nevertheless, it's probably a good opportunity to point out that "code
smell" <URL:http://martinfowler.com/bliki/CodeSmell.html> is a term
with a specific, useful meaning in programming.

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Ben Finney



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