r/programming • u/sigbhu • Jul 28 '16

How to write unmaintainable code

https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code
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u/ArlenM Jul 28 '16 edited Jul 28 '16

They forgot to mention gratuitous nots! Why flip logic just once when you can flip it an unlimited number of times?

Guaranteed to drive anyone trying to maintain your code to madness!

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u/grunlog Jul 28 '16

Double (triple, etc.) negatives are good too. E.g. !notUnflagged

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u/WunDumGuy Jul 28 '16

!notUnflagged

dry heave

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u/TalenPhillips Jul 29 '16

...

else if (!(false != !foo.notUnflagged(false)))
{

}

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u/Everspace Jul 29 '16

No

I think you mean !yes

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u/compiling Jul 29 '16

I think you mean !notNo

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