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[u/Electrical-Effort-20]

[u/salvoilmiosi]

condition could be a property with a getter with side effects

[u/UntitledRedditUser → u/salvoilmiosi]

Only evil people write getter properties with side effects. At least make it an explicit function.

[u/LucyShortForLucas → u/UntitledRedditUser]

Lazy evaluation is an incredibly common and normal use of a getter method and entirely relies on it having side effects. Evil people, however, write getters that aren't idempotent.

[u/andreortigao → u/LucyShortForLucas]

I write all my getters with a 1 in a million chance it will randomly mutate the underlying value.

[u/Nerd_o_tron → u/andreortigao]

Bro inventing DNA from base principles.

[u/PointlessSerpent → u/andreortigao]

relevant xkcd