2006/5/25, Mikhail Fursov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
On 5/25/06, Geir Magnusson Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > 1) Try avoid "magic number" nor "magic strings" in code ( the constant
> name
> > by itself can be a good comment )
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> That's a universal rule of programming, isn't it? :)
Yes, and I listed it after reading our sources :), E.g. see JIRA482 problem
or try to understand constants like java/util/jar/Attributes:87
>...
>
I'm happy if you note these, but explain why, and lets not call them
> "the law", as I'm sure that there will be situations where people will
> need to violate...
Yes, these ones can be only recomendations and can't be rules, because the
most of them are performance related issues. E.g. nobody will file a bug
like 'this method is protected but can be private"
Why not?
Thanks,
Mikhail
but if you have a
thousands of such methods in API this will affect performance for a real
percents..
--
Mikhail Fursov
Intel Middleware Products Division
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