* Re: What does 'spaghetti' mean
@ 1996-05-02 0:00 W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)
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From: W. Wesley Groleau (Wes) @ 1996-05-02 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
Why quibble whether it refers to tangled control flow only or also to
tangled inheritance paths? The maintenance impact is the same.
Here's another possible meaning: Imagine a control graph (a flow chart
with just node dots instead of boxes) for an Ada procedure without
any 'raise' 'exit' or 'return' statements. It will look nicely structured
and straightforward, won't it. Now draw arrows to each conditional from
the place where the controlling condition was established (e.g., the
assignment to a flag). If it's like some Ada code I've worked with, it
will look just as spaghetti-like as the worst BASIC.
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