Questions tagged [coding-style]
Coding style is a set of guidelines that helps readability and understanding of the source code.
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How to organize struct-based "methods" in C similar to object-oriented style? [closed]
So I was coding in C for a while now, getting used to language syntax and different styles. Implemented a couple of simple data structures, algorithms and tried my skills in making Minesweeper clone. ...
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Which is better: a chain of OR statements or IF in a loop? (Java)
Which code style is preferred in Java? final boolean result = isCausedBy(e, ExceptionType1.class) || isCausedBy(e, ExceptionType2.class) || isCausedBy(e, ExceptionType3.class) |...
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Is it still "feature envy" if the state to make decision or the action to take after asking the state involves other classes to participate?
According to https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/a/212130/432039, if a class asks another class for the state, and then call methods of that class, it is called "feature envy", eg: ...
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End method in normal flow versus exception flow [duplicate]
Consider the two following examples: public Something fetchSomething(String key) { if(somethingsMap.containsKey(key)) { return somethingsMap.get(key); } throw new ...
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How to "Tell, don't ask" when 2 objects involves in the condition and the decision at the same time?
According to Explanation on how "Tell, Don't Ask" is considered good OO, I know the following is bad: if(a.isX){ a.doY(); } public class A{ public boolean isX; public void ...
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What is an appropriate length for function names? [closed]
I'm writing a C++ class, CBookSpellDef which has the following methods: int GetIndexOf(const char *psz); char* GetNameAtIndex(int index) { return m_spellTypes[index].szName; } char* ...
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How to deal with very complex codebase? [duplicate]
I recently changed my job to a big MNC and the code I am exposed to is highly complicated, difficult to read and understand. Although it is divided in microservices and runs on local I have to keep ...
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Common practice where to place "is" word while naming predicate function: at the beginning or in the middle?
There's a lot of free or member predicate-like functions (that returns boolean value) in different programming languages and popular libraries/frameworks that have "is" as a prefix, e.g.: ...
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