Re: Function size
| From: | Tedd Sperling | Date: | Fri, 25 May 2012 12:42:46 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Function size | ||
| References: | 1 2 3 | Groups: | php.general |
| Request: | Send a blank email to php-general+get-317998@lists.php.net to get a copy of this message | ||
On May 24, 2012, at 5:01 PM, Ashley Sheridan wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-05-24 at 15:48 -0500, tamouse mailing lists wrote:
>> On May 23, 2012 9:14 AM, "Tedd Sperling" <tedd@sperling.com
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > H
>> Yes, I think that is *exactly* the criterion-- not a mystery or an emergent
>> thing, really, was a pretty expicit reasoning--being able to see/scan the
>> entire function on one page (or now in one screenful) makes it much easier
>> to see what happens in the function, where blocks open/close, and it forces
>> one to break up code into logical units.
>>
>
> With the odd exception being where code is more readable in a longer format, as seen with my
> and several others examples of long functions that rely heavily on switches.
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Ash
Yep, not everything can it -- there are exceptions.
Cheers,
tedd
_____________________
tedd@sperling.com
http://sperling.com