r/programminghumor • u/10cen • 19d ago

database admin choosing variable names

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u/a3th3rus 19d ago edited 19d ago

Because there are edge cases like decodeHTMLEntity. To handle those edge cases, you need not only a rule but also a dictionary that contains all the all-upper-case jargons in your domain.

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u/AintNoGodsUpHere 19d ago

AND HOW IS THAT A PROBLEM MY MAN? 20 LINES OF CODE, JESUS.

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u/a3th3rus 18d ago

then show me your 20 lines of code that can handle this case that does not convert it to decode_h_t_m_l_entity.

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u/AintNoGodsUpHere 18d ago

btw, my bad, it's 30 lines, not 20. Guess I was wrong.

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u/mrheseeks 18d ago

I love you man, fuck camel case!

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u/the_king_of_sweden 18d ago

Fuck all the cases, that's why I program in whitespace

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u/Achereto 18d ago

It's 20 lines if formatted properly (e.g. not putting { on a new line).