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When the metric is lines of code
When the company tries to be cheeky and starts to count characters instead
Rename c to completelyUnimportantVariableThatISoLongBecauseIGetPaidMore
Just add ZWJs - they are IdentifierParts, so any language with Unicode-based identifiers (e.g. JS) lets you add them where digits can go, but they are also completely invisible.