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  • S Super Lloyd

    Well I haven't pay attention to how long mine are. But the fact is, I'm porting my boss's MacOSX application to Windows and I routinely found method over... ... ... 1300 lines of code! :doh: To tone done this fact I should mention it's written in Objective-C which, like C and C++, is quite verbose. And there are (a few) comments. Yet, it's long.... That the size of a class for me! Sometimes I found it tiresome to "translate it" to proper C#...

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    Anna Jayne Metcalfe
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    It sounds like your boss needs educating in how to code in a maintainable fashion. I'd not let a method longer than about 100 lines through QA, and only then with harsh criticism and a promise to refactor it as soon as practical. If it can't fit on one sheet of A4 comfortably, it's far too long.

    Anna :rose: Currently working mostly on: Visual Lint :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.

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      Perhaps I should say your longuest, manually typed, non-repitive function! big switch or auto generated obviously don't qualify! (they could be very long, yet very clear) speaking of autogenerate code, for this project I auto generated 4 files. one of them is 1 MB, 400.000 line of Managed C++ ;P

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      The 1400 line function was manually typed, in C, as is the whole file.

      Truth is the subjection of reality to an individuals perception

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      • S Super Lloyd

        Well I haven't pay attention to how long mine are. But the fact is, I'm porting my boss's MacOSX application to Windows and I routinely found method over... ... ... 1300 lines of code! :doh: To tone done this fact I should mention it's written in Objective-C which, like C and C++, is quite verbose. And there are (a few) comments. Yet, it's long.... That the size of a class for me! Sometimes I found it tiresome to "translate it" to proper C#...

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        12 Years of marriage! does that count ? -- modified at 4:10 Tuesday 1st August, 2006


        Look where you want to go not where you don't want to crash. Bikers Bible

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        • A Anna Jayne Metcalfe

          It sounds like your boss needs educating in how to code in a maintainable fashion. I'd not let a method longer than about 100 lines through QA, and only then with harsh criticism and a promise to refactor it as soon as practical. If it can't fit on one sheet of A4 comfortably, it's far too long.

          Anna :rose: Currently working mostly on: Visual Lint :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.

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          Super Lloyd
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          Indeed!! :-D

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            12 Years of marriage! does that count ? -- modified at 4:10 Tuesday 1st August, 2006


            Look where you want to go not where you don't want to crash. Bikers Bible

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            Super Lloyd
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            that depends... ;P

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            • A Anna Jayne Metcalfe

              It sounds like your boss needs educating in how to code in a maintainable fashion. I'd not let a method longer than about 100 lines through QA, and only then with harsh criticism and a promise to refactor it as soon as practical. If it can't fit on one sheet of A4 comfortably, it's far too long.

              Anna :rose: Currently working mostly on: Visual Lint :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.

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              Colin Angus Mackay
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              Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote:

              If it can't fit on one sheet of A4 comfortably, it's far too long

              Absolutely - My longest methods tend to be unit tests where they set up the environment before running the test code and then testing the results afterwards. For production code a few lines is typical, maybe two or three dozen at most.


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              • A Anna Jayne Metcalfe

                It sounds like your boss needs educating in how to code in a maintainable fashion. I'd not let a method longer than about 100 lines through QA, and only then with harsh criticism and a promise to refactor it as soon as practical. If it can't fit on one sheet of A4 comfortably, it's far too long.

                Anna :rose: Currently working mostly on: Visual Lint :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.

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                needs one serious dose of QACPP me thinks ...

                Regards Ray "Je Suis Mort De Rire" Blogging @ Keratoconus Watch

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                • A Anna Jayne Metcalfe

                  It sounds like your boss needs educating in how to code in a maintainable fashion. I'd not let a method longer than about 100 lines through QA, and only then with harsh criticism and a promise to refactor it as soon as practical. If it can't fit on one sheet of A4 comfortably, it's far too long.

                  Anna :rose: Currently working mostly on: Visual Lint :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.

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                  "It has to fit on one page". Then the boss orders a poster size printer... X|

                  The tigress is here :-D

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                  • A Anna Jayne Metcalfe

                    It sounds like your boss needs educating in how to code in a maintainable fashion. I'd not let a method longer than about 100 lines through QA, and only then with harsh criticism and a promise to refactor it as soon as practical. If it can't fit on one sheet of A4 comfortably, it's far too long.

                    Anna :rose: Currently working mostly on: Visual Lint :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.

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                    :-O I've got a method about 230 lines long (with a lot of comments). It's the main method for a full-fledged table layout algorithm that has: * col/row width options such as fit-to-content, percent, and absolute * the ability to choose which rows/cols get "crushed" or get collapsed when things don't fit * choice of which rows/cols if any are widened to fit the remaining layout area * space prioritization for rows/cols * repeating rows/cols * at least several other features I've broken up the functionality into at least 15 methods, but the main function is still too big for my liking. -- modified at 5:03 Tuesday 1st August, 2006

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                    • S Super Lloyd

                      Well I haven't pay attention to how long mine are. But the fact is, I'm porting my boss's MacOSX application to Windows and I routinely found method over... ... ... 1300 lines of code! :doh: To tone done this fact I should mention it's written in Objective-C which, like C and C++, is quite verbose. And there are (a few) comments. Yet, it's long.... That the size of a class for me! Sometimes I found it tiresome to "translate it" to proper C#...

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                      longest class I've ever seen was over 13000 lines long. It contained 8 classes with all the functions scattered through one another. It was VC++. It was the kind of program that gets you the response: "Don't touch that, it works." response. :laugh:

                      I've found a living worth working for, but I haven't found work worth living for. :beer:
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                        longest class I've ever seen was over 13000 lines long. It contained 8 classes with all the functions scattered through one another. It was VC++. It was the kind of program that gets you the response: "Don't touch that, it works." response. :laugh:

                        I've found a living worth working for, but I haven't found work worth living for. :beer:
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                        Not bad hey! ;)

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                        • C Colin Angus Mackay

                          Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote:

                          If it can't fit on one sheet of A4 comfortably, it's far too long

                          Absolutely - My longest methods tend to be unit tests where they set up the environment before running the test code and then testing the results afterwards. For production code a few lines is typical, maybe two or three dozen at most.


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                          Anna Jayne Metcalfe
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                          I often find the length of the method banner (particularly if it has full Doxygen commenting and notes on the usage of the method) is a significant proportion of that of the method itself...:doh:

                          Anna :rose: Currently working mostly on: Visual Lint :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.

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                            needs one serious dose of QACPP me thinks ...

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                            Anna Jayne Metcalfe
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                            Yep...and probably a large shotgun. ;)

                            Anna :rose: Currently working mostly on: Visual Lint :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.

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                            • A Anna Jayne Metcalfe

                              I often find the length of the method banner (particularly if it has full Doxygen commenting and notes on the usage of the method) is a significant proportion of that of the method itself...:doh:

                              Anna :rose: Currently working mostly on: Visual Lint :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.

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                              Graham Shanks
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                              Often I find that it is much larger than the method. By the time you add examples of use, pre and post conditions, etc., etc. Graham

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                                12 Years of marriage! does that count ? -- modified at 4:10 Tuesday 1st August, 2006


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                                Gizzo
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                                Frank Kerrigan wrote:

                                12 Years of marriage! does that count ?

                                I agree, it's the most difficult part, and you can not debug any line.

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                                  longest class I've ever seen was over 13000 lines long. It contained 8 classes with all the functions scattered through one another. It was VC++. It was the kind of program that gets you the response: "Don't touch that, it works." response. :laugh:

                                  I've found a living worth working for, but I haven't found work worth living for. :beer:
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                                  18000 lines in 1 class over here...:~

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                                  • G Graham Shanks

                                    Often I find that it is much larger than the method. By the time you add examples of use, pre and post conditions, etc., etc. Graham

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                                    Anna Jayne Metcalfe
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                                    They can be. A great deal depends on the size and requirements of the interface.

                                    Anna :rose: Currently working mostly on: Visual Lint :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.

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                                      "It has to fit on one page". Then the boss orders a poster size printer... X|

                                      The tigress is here :-D

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                                      Anna Jayne Metcalfe
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                                      That's why I said A4 ;P

                                      Anna :rose: Currently working mostly on: Visual Lint :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.

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                                      • A Anna Jayne Metcalfe

                                        It sounds like your boss needs educating in how to code in a maintainable fashion. I'd not let a method longer than about 100 lines through QA, and only then with harsh criticism and a promise to refactor it as soon as practical. If it can't fit on one sheet of A4 comfortably, it's far too long.

                                        Anna :rose: Currently working mostly on: Visual Lint :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.

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                                        Chris Losinger
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                                        Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote:

                                        I'd not let a method longer than about 100 lines through QA

                                        pshaw! pedantry and dogma, i say!

                                        Why donchoo take a peekchur mayn? OK, cleeeeek

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                                        • S Super Lloyd

                                          Well I haven't pay attention to how long mine are. But the fact is, I'm porting my boss's MacOSX application to Windows and I routinely found method over... ... ... 1300 lines of code! :doh: To tone done this fact I should mention it's written in Objective-C which, like C and C++, is quite verbose. And there are (a few) comments. Yet, it's long.... That the size of a class for me! Sometimes I found it tiresome to "translate it" to proper C#...

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                                          my largest is around 1100. i'm not proud of it, but it does the job it has to do.

                                          Why donchoo take a peekchur mayn? OK, cleeeeek

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