On Wed, May 14, 2025 at 11:28:48PM +0200, Daniel Stenberg via curl-library 
wrote:
> Wouldn't it be cool to set a cap and make a subsequent CI job that turns red 
> if any single
> function in product code is too complex? As a way to make sure we keep the 
> code clean and
> readable.

Sounds like a noble goal to me.

> If this number is 100 or less we are good. If not, one or more functions are 
> too complex.

According to Wikipedia, McCabe suggested a limit of 10 and NIST later suggested
some situations where 15 might be appropriate. So, 100 seems like a good
starting point!

> Right now, the top-10 most complex functions in production code according to 
> this tool are (score,
> filename, line number, function name):

If the current few known-bad offenders are added to a whitelist, it becomes
easier to ratchet this number down over time. In fact, depending on how many
high-value functions there currently are, it might be better to start out with
a larger whitelist and lower limit.

Dan
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