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I found that the meaning of the first one was a lot easier, but there are a lot of assumptions about the called sub-functions... Mainly that they actually behav
by webnrrd2k 3y ago
I found that the meaning of the first one was a lot easier, but there are a lot of assumptions about the called sub-functions... Mainly that they actually behave in a way that's consistent with their names. (I've gotten bitten by that a lot).
The second function is harder to to understand in the sense of meaning, but easier to understand in the sense of raw behavior. I can see more of the code that determines it's actual behavior, and can inspect and trust that the logic is appropriate.
- klauserc 3y agoOne could argue that the same holds for the second example. Sure, the parameter is called `numbers` but who knows what it will contain at runtime. It could be full of vectors, matrices or sheep. _Some_ of the objects could have a custom definitions for __lt__ and __mod__ (custom overloads for the < and % operators in Python). In that sense, if we accept that `<` and `%` have sensible definitions in the second example, it would only be fair to assume the same for the helper functions first example.
- webnrrd2k 3y agoYes, I guess... if you want to argue that anything could mean anything then it's all bullshit. I don't see how that adds anything to the conversation.