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Generic code is made to be copy-pasted. Also, what's wrong with copy-pasting when it lets you write features faster?

• StavrosK 12y ago
  It's a code smell that usually means there's something there to be abstracted, or that your API isn't as clean as it could be.
  • codeulike 12y ago
    I'd take a bit of copy-paste over premature generalisation any day.
    • StavrosK 12y ago
      I'd take a premature generalisation over a false dichotomy.
      • codeulike 12y ago
        So if its not a dichotomy, what are the other options? If you want to avoid copy/paste, you have to use generalisation techniques.
        • StavrosK 12y ago
          Yes, and generalisation doesn't mean premature generalisation. It's very possible to just have a well-designed generalisation.
          • codeulike 12y ago
            Well OK. But in a lot of cases I see badly designed over complex generalisations ("premature generalisation") because of a phobia of copy/paste. A bit of copy/paste is OK guys, seriously. Wait and see how it goes for a bit and then refactor the general case in later _if_ it seems worth it.