Readability is a concern, but it is only one concern among a bag of conflicting concerns, and it is meaningless to make decsions based on it before deciding the

Readability is a concern, but it is only one concern among a bag of conflicting concerns, and it is meaningless to make decsions based on it before deciding the priority of all concerns. Sometimes the readability is the most important feature and all other concerns can be compromised or sacrificed to readability. But for me, usually not. As far as I'm concerned that is limited to training materials and showing your work in math exams. The rest of the time it's merely a goal after all other goals, ie you don't want things to be actually obfuscated, all else being equal.