12 methods doesn't seem like a lot of methods. However, 80 lines per method
seems huge. I usually shoot for no more than 20. It does depend on your
code layout, though - if you do a lot of this sort of thing:
temp1 = someFunction1();
temp2 = someFunction2();
// Some big comment
// more explanatory text
// etc.
myValue = myFunction(
param1 = temp1,
param2 = temp2,
.
.
.
)
instead of:
myValue = mySelfExplanatoryFunctionName( someFunction1(),
someFunction2() );
you can chew up your line count pretty quickly. For which reason another
thing to shoot for when you can (although this can be hard) is only 2-3
arguments per method.
I know this is just style, and I *don't* want to start any style wars, but
if you can grok your whole method without moving your eyeballs and without
resorting to perl-style line noise I think you're way ahead.
Jaime Metcher
BTW, I'm a big fan of perl "line noise", but I wouldn't recommend it to any
of my friends :)
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim
Cassata
Sent: Monday, 5 March 2007 6:48 AM
To: cfc zone
Subject: [CFCDEV] how much is too much?
Is there a point where a single cfc should be split into smaller pieces
because of size? I have a cfc with 12 methods in it at 1000 lines and about
20K. Just thought it best to ask, as I haven't found this subject covered in
any blogs or books I have.
Thanks.
Jim
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