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I've found this piece of code recently in my new project
if(a==1 || a==2 || a==3 || a==4)<br />
{<br />
if(a==1)<br />
DoSomething(1);<br />
else if(a==2)<br />
DoSomething(2);<br />
else if(a==3)<br />
DoSomething(3);<br />
else if(a==4)<br />
DoSomething(4);<br />
}
And this part is written in many places of the application
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now THAT'S a true horror.
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Yes, it is. Hopefully the coder is no longer with that company.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
"Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
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I hope your using the term "Coder" loosely there... Probably better said by saying **** Monkey, with approporiate word inserted in place of Code..
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Does you company pay for lines of code?
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler.
-- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
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[My articles]
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I would definetly make that suggestion in the next apprisal cycle
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You need to suggest doing stricter code reviews, if your company doesn't already do so.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
"Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
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My humble advice to you is: CHANGE THE COMPANY!!!
The narrow specialist in the broad sense of the word is a complete idiot in the narrow sense of the word.
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Narotham Babu Kalluri wrote: this part is written in many places of the application
That's too bad. What was the programmer thinking?
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
"Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
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I think he'd switched off 
Regards,
--Perspx
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Perspx wrote: switched
Nice play on word there 
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
"Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
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Thanks 
Regards,
--Perspx
"I've got my kids brainwashed: You don't use Google, and you don't use an iPod." - Steve Ballmer
"Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies the grace of Linux, which just tells me they have never seen an angry penguin charging at them in excess of 100mph." - Linus Torvalds
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It seems that someone simply has knowledge leaks. Knowing that it is possible to pass a value of a variable to a function directly not like this, is bloody essential thing and it would be nice if someone told him or her that. Just snoop around to find out who wrote this and make a good deed today. Hmm.. it's a funny horror anyway.
Greetings - Gajatko
Portable.NET is part of DotGNU, a project to build a complete Free Software replacement for .NET - a system that truly belongs to the developers.
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Narotham Babu Kalluri wrote: I've found this piece of code recently in my new project
if(a==1 || a==2 || a==3 || a==4)
{
if(a==1)
DoSomething(1);
else if(a==2)
DoSomething(2);
else if(a==3)
DoSomething(3);
else if(a==4)
DoSomething(4);
}
Since this programmer obviously can't make a switch in code, your company should make a switch of employees.
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Someone voted you down for that. Gave you a 5 to balance it out 
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
"Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
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Paul Conrad wrote: Someone voted you down for that. Gave you a 5 to balance it out
Thanks
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if (a >= 1 && a <= 4)
DoSomething(a);
is a better option than a switch I think .
Greetings - Gajatko
Portable.NET is part of DotGNU, a project to build a complete Free Software replacement for .NET - a system that truly belongs to the developers.
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gajatko wrote: if (a >= 1 && a <= 4) DoSomething(a);
is a better option than a switch I think .
Hmmmm...in this case, yes
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And that's why your previous post got voted down.
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VentsyV wrote: And that's why your previous post got voted down.
once I start caring, I might start paying attention to the scores.
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That post was for Paul Conrad's benefit really.
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VentsyV wrote: That post was for Paul Conrad's benefit really.
A pity, then, that it appeared as a reply to MY post. I am an INNOCENT BYSTANDER!! 
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Ah. Don't worry about it. You see, the compiler takes a look at this and works out the redundancy. In fact, the redundancy notices should be on their desks by the time the link cycle has completed.
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That is almost beautiful in it's inelegance! It is hard to come up with something convoluted and still have code that looks like the person writing it didn't try hard to make it as convoluted as possible...
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