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+1 for encapsulation. The worst off-by-one bugs I have ever seen are when part of the program is 1-based and part is 0-based, and every single function it is used, you have to remember which one it was and whether you have to do the conversion or not and which direction to go. A couple months ago I had to track down a difficult off-by-2 error because poor encapsulation meant someone made off-by-1 errors in two separate compounding places. There were conversions all over the place that were impossible to follow and I was able to get it down to one conversion in one method.

Karl Bielefeldt
– Karl Bielefeldt

2011-02-02 19:26:28 +00:00
Commented Feb 2, 2011 at 19:26
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I'd love to learn more about the science of this if anyone has more info. I also think this is why programatic styling, like CSS, is so frustrating where everything is edges...

Company Laser
– Company Laser

2016-08-12 01:48:52 +00:00
Commented Aug 12, 2016 at 1:48

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