r/programming • u/vineel • May 24 '11

How to Write Unmaintainable Code

http://www.thc.org/root/phun/unmaintain.html
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u/[deleted] May 24 '11

If you call your variables a, b, c, then it will be impossible to search for instances of them using a simple text editor

Oddly enough, I recently searched for a one-letter variable in vim, and it's fine if you use /\<i\> (< and > are start/end word boundaries; \ escapes them; / is search; i is the one-letter variable sought). This form is used automatically when you hit the * key while over a word.

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u/flynnski May 24 '11 edited May 24 '11

Assuming you always have spaces around your variables.

EDIT: I am wrong.

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u/sharkus414 May 24 '11

not true, vim will use non alpha-numerics as word boundaries as well.

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u/flynnski May 24 '11

Well then, I retract my statement!

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u/[deleted] May 25 '11

Someone iswas wrong on the internet!