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MarkTJohnson wrote:

Clicked on the link, read what was said there and pondered for a minute.
I've decided that is one of the dumber language decisions I've ever seen.

Rick York wrote:

Especially when that hard-coded value needs to be changed.

Rick York wrote:

Use of literal values annoys me a lot. Especially when that hard-coded value needs to be changed.

Kevin Marois wrote:

I just can stand it when someone doesn't use braces in IF statements:

Kevin Marois wrote:

What bugs you when you see someone else's code?

// bro... what
function checkout(goodsPrice, shipmentPrice, taxes) {
  const total = goodsPrice + shipmentPrice + taxes;
  const para = document.createElement("p");
  para.textContent = `Total price is ${total}`;
  document.body.appendChild(para);
}

// paragraphs logically separate ideas, so should code
function checkout(goodsPrice, shipmentPrice, taxes) {
  const total = goodsPrice + shipmentPrice + taxes;
  const para = document.createElement("p");

  para.textContent = `Total price is ${total}`;
  document.body.appendChild(para);
}

int  f(int x) {
   // ...
}

 class C {
   int x;
   // ... 
   int f(int n) { return x*n; }
{;

Greg Utas wrote:

The pinheads who originally drew them presumably

Greg Utas wrote:

most trivial changes when, even in 1981, we had a source code management system that provided a full history