> On June 20, 2013, 11:16 p.m., Ben Mahler wrote:
> > I see why you added the helper, but it seems odd that it's only needed / 
> > used by initialization. I realize initialize is fairly large, but my 
> > preference would be to keep it in there. Alternatively, could the helper be 
> > static, taking as input the flags, and returning a Resources object?
> 
> Vinod Kone wrote:
>     I really don't want to put it up in initialize(), because as you noted, 
> its ~200 lines already! I think it reads pretty clear when you see it in 
> initialize(). Infact, I would even like all the installs to be refactored 
> into something like setupRoutes().
>     
>     Regarding a static helper, I don't understand the reasoning?
> 
> Ben Mahler wrote:
>     I guess this boils down to philosophy, I find it easier to read a long 
> version of initialize() instead of jumping into helpers. With these helpers I 
> would say they are especially confusing because they do not reduce 
> complexity, they merely pull code from a function into a sub-function (but 
> that anyone can call!). Ultimately, this actually increases complexity of the 
> code (same code, but more lines to express it, and I have to jump into 
> different contexts to understand initialize()).
>     
>     The static helper would at least have the benefit of not modifying state 
> in the slave, meaning one can clearly see how it is used ("given a Flags 
> object, this produces a Resources object and has no effect on the Slave 
> because it's a static function").

Yup, I think this is more philosophical than technical. For me the important 
thing is that a function has to do one thing and is easy to understand based on 
its signature. And yes, I don't like reading functions that have 100s of lines. 
I tend to get lost trying to understand what is happening.


- Vinod


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> (Updated June 20, 2013, 11:02 p.m.)
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> Review request for mesos, Benjamin Hindman, Ben Mahler, and Jiang Yan Xu.
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> Description
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> See summary
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> Diffs
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>   src/slave/slave.hpp d1ba82ed0c87331c6c06b109bbc2b267a07cf335 
>   src/slave/slave.cpp 952bd149247c2cc44b87d20fe63a45d011f5578b 
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> Diff: https://reviews.apache.org/r/12010/diff/
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> Testing
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> make check
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> Thanks,
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> Vinod Kone
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