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Re: IYHO, what do you consider good code?by helgi (Hermit) |
| on Jun 13, 2003 at 10:53 UTC ( [id://265639]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
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To me, apart from the various points people have made about using warnings and strictures, structured code, using subroutines and so forth, the most important rule is: Use meaningful names! This applies to variables, subroutines, loops, filehandles, everything. Always take a little extra time, 10 seconds or so, to name your variables well. Good names can often make comments redundant and unnecessary. I hope I never ever have to maintain a program again that's full of variables named @tmp, $i, $n, $ldr, %hash or subroutines named process or run and all the other meaningless crap people foist off as names.
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