I agree. I'm not suggesting splitting a method that exceeds an arbitrary number of lines. Instead, I'm asking about the cyclomatic complexity (http://en.wikipe

I agree. I'm not suggesting splitting a method that exceeds an arbitrary number of lines. Instead, I'm asking about the cyclomatic complexity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclomatic_complexity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclomatic_complexity) My point being that while the original article was quite ridiculously reductionist, it should be possible to have some concrete metrics that serve as good guidelines (and which naturally could be superceded by programmer judgment on occasion.)