Thanks Mathew, Jason and Joseph for the reply.
I never thought that having a large function could be a bad thing.
I'll keep your tips in mind when writing functions from now on. Fortunatly,
the function I was refering to that was 100 lines is a one time use
function. It's only used to setup the
-Original Message-
From: Jason Bell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 8:32 PM
To: PHP Users
Subject: [PHP] Just for fun:
Here is a question, just for fun:
What is the biggest function (In terms of line count) you have ever
written?
I just finished one
One of my largest is a function of a complete session management class that
I wrote - 150 lines. The class is ~ 450 lines.
When you find yourself writing HUGE functions, it may be better to split it
into smaller, more clearly defined functions or classes and do it that way...
-Jason Garber
When you find yourself writing HUGE functions, it may be better to split it
into smaller, more clearly defined functions or classes and do it that
way...
I totally agree i tend to split my class functions into user (public) and
private (helper) functions which does tend to keep all the
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