Well, according to Martin Fowler: "The second is that smells don't always indicate a problem. Some long methods are just fine. You have to look deeper to see i

Well, according to Martin Fowler: "The second is that smells don't always indicate a problem. Some long methods are just fine. You have to look deeper to see if there is an underlying problem there - smells aren't inherently bad on their own - they are often an indicator of a problem rather than the problem themselves." http://martinfowler.com/bliki/CodeSmell.html http://martinfowler.com/bliki/CodeSmell.html Granted, you don't have to agree with Martin Fowler. I'm just making the case that it's not unreasonable for me (or the article's author) to define code smells that way.