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  3. July 2008

Re: Standards question: What is your feeling about %found & %eof vs. %found(file) & %eof(file) ?

john e wrote:
I always try to create readable (or "self documenting") code and always use %eof instead of %eof(name), because IMO this is much more readable. It is applying the priniciple of DRY (dont repeat yourself).

Then you're contradiciting yourself.

DRY is a programmer convenience issue, not a readability issue. In fact, all convenience coding is inherently less clear to the following programmer. You can't have both.

Joe


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