Yes fantastic metric characters are in measuring bolierplate
i.e
foo() {
t.s();
t.c();
}
or
@Transactional
foo(){}
On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 10:31 PM, Kevin Wright <[email protected]>wrote:
> No, because that's based on an assumption that more lines = more
> functionality
>
> Though I can see how those in favour of not removing boilerplate, and
> questioning the benefits of a 30% reduction might see this as a good metric
>
>
> On 25 October 2010 14:28, Liam Knox <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Should we go back to measuring productivity by lines of code written?
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 10:26 PM, Augusto Sellhorn <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> This is really bizarre, I've heard people say that fewer lines of code
>>> is desirable, but this is the first time I hear somebody say that X%
>>> fewer characters lead almost exactly to X% reduction in complexity!
>>>
>>> ---------------
>>>
>>> for(int
>>> indexOfAuthorInCurrentIteration=0;
>>> indexOfAuthorInCurrentIteration<=authorsFromNameQuery.length;
>>> ++indexOfAuthorInCurrentIteration) {
>>> Author currentAuthorBeingIteratedOver
>>> = authorsFromNameQuery[indexOfAuthorInCurrentIteration]
>>> // do something with the author
>>> }
>>>
>>> ---------------
>>>
>>> Nobody is saying you have to use super long names here, what you are
>>> saying is that less characters more % reduction in complexity, which
>>> leads to this
>>>
>>> for (int i=0; i <= aq.length; ++i) {
>>> Author aa = aq[i];
>>> // do something with the author
>>> }
>>>
>>> Which I don't think results in any % less chances of bugs, as a matter
>>> of fact it ends up being less readable than some reasonable and clear
>>> names that could have been applied.
>>>
>>> I hope in your code reviews you are not doing character counts and
>>> blasting developers on these bogus measurements.
>>>
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