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Equating multiple new variables with an old one
Sometimes I run into a situation where I need to equate two new variables with an old one. Which of the following (if any) is a good practice (w.r.t. code readability or any other factor), under what ...
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Question regarding code readability
I would like to know, is it considered a common practice to use constructions like |=, &&, ||, != altogether in the single line of code?
E.g.
hasErrors |= vi2!=null && ...
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Distinguishing repetitive code with the same implementation
Given this sample code
import java.util.ArrayList;
import blackjack.model.items.Card;
public class BlackJackPlayer extends Player {
private double bet;
private Hand hand01 = new Hand();
...
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How do people manage to write and maintain extremely complex and hard to read code? [closed]
Reading SQLite source code is IMO mission impossible. Yet it is a usable piece of quite complex software (it's a full-blown embedded database after all) that can be downloaded, compiled and used from ...
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Must source code released under GPL be human-readable?
In a response to another question, a poster suggested that under the GPL:
...you need to provide the human readable [code], not a whitespace stripped version...
Readability would seem to me to ...
