begin  quoting Darren New as of Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 08:47:51PM -0700:
> David Brown wrote:
> >maximum length of a function is inversely proportional to the complexity
> >and indentation level of that function."
> 
> Inversely? That doesn't sound right to me.  The more complex and 
> indented a function is, the shorter it should be?

Sure.

Simple-but-long code is okay.

Complex-and-short is okay.

Complex-but-long isn't okay. Make it shorter.

Simple-but-short isn't okay. Roll the function back up to the caller.

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