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There are so many things that can be called a "clever trick" that it makes no sense to say that you should not use clever tricks. Like, one thing that can be c
by robalni 4y ago
There are so many things that can be called a "clever trick" that it makes no sense to say that you should not use clever tricks.
Like, one thing that can be called a clever trick is to align the code vertically to make it easier to edit using vertical selections and macros in a text editor. That can actually make the code more readable and maintainable.
- mabbo 4y agoThen you have a strong motivating reason to do it. Honestly, I mostly mean things like "if we xor the two variables we can save one variable during the swap", etc. Clever code is not a great thing.