As I said in my comment, a lot of the stuff I see as positive for making code more readable more often than not adds extra lines as comments or as code, because

As I said in my comment, a lot of the stuff I see as positive for making code more readable more often than not adds extra lines as comments or as code, because you keep it simple. You are right that cramming 5 lines in one, doesn't really reduce code, but I have worked with enough programmers that thought it's a good thing. Sure if you can reduce code without making it more complex, that's a good thing.