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[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"What does this section of code do?"

Run it and find out, coward.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nah. It should be obvious by just looking at it in code. If it isn't, you haven't extracted single purpose methods out of it yet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Just having clear and concise variable names often goes a long way. Avoid using abbreviations.

Breaking out the code into functions helps limit the number of variables within a scope, which makes it easier to name them.