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Nope. Not at all. For example, a friend of mine is working on an enterprise system used by a number of very large international companies. Every company demands

Nope. Not at all. For example, a friend of mine is working on an enterprise system used by a number of very large international companies. Every company demands slight variations to everything. From UI look/flow to how low level business logic is done. Flags are perfect for this. The key of course is to make sure that the flags are used correctly. By (for example) having a validation step at startup making sure the flags are configured correctly. Or (even better) using types to make it impossible to configure it incorrectly.

tgv 4y ago
So to me that sounds less than perfect. Enterprise systems tend to be large, so it can be hard to keep track of the flags, and splitting flags can become a source of bugs. A simpler solution would be a (global, singleton) class that offers an interface to customisation. Of course, that might not be possible in an existing system, but it offers advantages over flags.
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