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Do you really rewrite working and tested code just to use new or more convenient features of the language? I don't see that being a good option, nor one that mo
by TeHCrAzY 16y ago
Do you really rewrite working and tested code just to use new or more convenient features of the language? I don't see that being a good option, nor one that most developers would take.
- jabits 16y agoYou bet! Every chance I get. If I am in a section of code for some sort of change, I will definitely take the opportunity to update/improve the current state of affairs. Doesn't mean you need to go through and rewrite the entire thing. For example, a recent requirement of mine was to revise some xml processing to create sitemaps. As part of the changes, I rewrote the logic to use xml LINQ (c#) and the resulting function is much cleaner, and will be easier to maintain going forward. It also makes routine maintenance changes more palatable.
- Sandman 16y agoIf your code is covered with tests, why would you be afraid of rewriting it?
- fizx 16y agoHah!
- gnaritas 16y agoIf the semantics are identical, you don't need to rewrite them, a good IDE will do that for you with a simple code reformat whenever you happen to be doing work in that file.