From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f43e6,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: fac41,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,4b06f8f15f01a568 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Robert Martin" Subject: Re: Software landmines (loops) Date: 1998/09/01 Message-ID: <6shhq7$lut$1@hirame.wwa.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 386897039 References: <902934874.2099.0.nnrp-10.c246a717@news.demon.co.uk> <6r1glm$bvh$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <6r9f8h$jtm$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <6renh8$ga7$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <6rf59b$2ud$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <6rfra4$rul$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <35DBDD24.D003404D@calfp.co.uk> <6sbuod$fra$1@hirame.wwa.com> <35f51e53.48044143@ <904556531.666222@miso.it.uq.edu.au> <6sgror$je8$3@news.indigo.ie> <6sh3qn$9p2$1@hirame.wwa.com> <6shbca$66c$1@news.indigo.ie> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Organization: WorldWide Access - Midwestern Internet Services - www.wwa.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-09-01T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Gerry Quinn wrote in message <6shbca$66c$1@news.indigo.ie>... >In article <6sh3qn$9p2$1@hirame.wwa.com>, "Robert Martin" wrote: >> >>Gerry Quinn wrote in message <6sgror$je8$3@news.indigo.ie>... >> >>>Multiple exits to a single destination are not spaghetti. >> >>Spaghetti is not a well defined term. >> >How strange, then, that such sloppy language is endemic among those >who believe they hold the line against sloppy coding... It's not strange at all. The common definition of Spaghetti is: "I don't like it.". Please note that in this thread I have not characterized anyone elses examples as spaghetti. I have tried to stick to more substantive complaints. I think this is important. Spaghetti is a subjective term that accomplishes little as a description. > >When cleanup is unlikely to be needed, multiple exits are unlikely to >pose a problem. Granted. But do the benefits of multiple exits outweigh the risks that cleanup might one day be needed? That is an engineering decision; and does not have a general answer. There are ,indeed, times when I will use multiple exits. But I have to be pretty sure that the code is short lived, and will not be subject to maintenance during its short lifetime. Robert C. Martin | Design Consulting | Training courses offered: Object Mentor | rmartin@oma.com | Object Oriented Design 14619 N Somerset Cr | Tel: (800) 338-6716 | C++ Green Oaks IL 60048 | Fax: (847) 918-1023 | http://www.oma.com "One of the great commandments of science is: 'Mistrust arguments from authority.'" -- Carl Sagan