No, I never stated that, because I don't believe it. Using higher-level concepts with fewer *tokens* will reduce the number of bugs. It just so happens that few tokens usually result in shorter code.
I don't even consider comments when thinking about how long code is, because comments aren't code. Using shorter identifiers *may* reduce the risk of bugs if they're otherwise so long that they obscure the essential complexity of an algorithm. Seriously, would you write something like this? for(int indexOfAuthorInCurrentIteration=0; indexOfAuthorInCurrentIteration<=authorsFromNameQuery.length; ++indexOfAuthorInCurrentIteration) { Author currentAuthorBeingIteratedOver = authorsFromNameQuery[indexOfAuthorInCurrentIteration] // do something with the author } Do you NOT believe that shorter names would make the example clearer? On 25 October 2010 02:38, Miroslav Pokorny <miroslav.poko...@gmail.com>wrote: > @Kevin > > I guess refactoring code so all identifiers are really short single > characters ( a human powered obfuscator) means i just made my code have less > bugs..right ? > > If my class names are shorter and thus my source files have less characters > does that mean my code has less bugs ? > > if my code has no comments does that mean it has less bugs ? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- Kevin Wright mail / gtalk / msn : kev.lee.wri...@gmail.com pulse / skype: kev.lee.wright twitter: @thecoda -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.