Jamie Wilkinson wrote: > 2008/7/25 Ben Leslie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 6:37 AM, Adelle Hartley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> When I'm coding in C++, I tend to spell things out more, but I put that > >> down > >> to my lack of knowledge & experience. > > > > Unless there was a reason to use the intermediate variable I would always > > use 'run-on dereferencing'. And would probably get people to change to > > run-on dereferencing in a code review if I saw it in other people's code. > > +1 with 3 exceptions: > [...]
I'd also add that *sometimes* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Demeter is worth heeding. That is, if you're doing “a.b.c.d.e” (with or without temporary variables) then maybe your abstractions aren't quite right. If nothing else, it can be a pain in the neck to write unit tests for a method that dereferences through multiple levels, because of all the test doubles you need to provide. It's certainly not an iron-clad rule, but worth keeping in mind. -Andrew. _______________________________________________ coders mailing list coders@slug.org.au http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/coders
