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Unique function name. Globally.

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  • L Lutoslaw

    '4d568c9e-cb32-4db1-a276-26cb06cc3f6f'(User, SomeVar)

    Yep, this is an actual function signature in production code. (Erlang)

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    Brisingr Aerowing
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    :wtf: That's crazy! I am glad I don't use Erlang!

    What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???

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      :wtf: That's crazy! I am glad I don't use Erlang!

      What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???

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      Mycroft Holmes
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      Just reading the title of the reference book[^] confirms that I would want nothing to do with that!

      Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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      • L Lutoslaw

        '4d568c9e-cb32-4db1-a276-26cb06cc3f6f'(User, SomeVar)

        Yep, this is an actual function signature in production code. (Erlang)

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        Sander Rossel
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        Well crap, I've used that exact function name just yesterday... :sigh:

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        • B Brisingr Aerowing

          :wtf: That's crazy! I am glad I don't use Erlang!

          What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???

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          Brady Kelly
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          Someone using that as a function name is certainly no fault of Erlang, but that of a coder who should by up on disciplinary proceedings.

          Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. - Liber AL vel Legis 1:40, Aleister Crowley

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          • B Brady Kelly

            Someone using that as a function name is certainly no fault of Erlang, but that of a coder who should by up on disciplinary proceedings.

            Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. - Liber AL vel Legis 1:40, Aleister Crowley

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            Daniel Pfeffer
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            Brady Kelly wrote:

            Someone using that as a function name is certainly no fault of Erlang, but that of a coder who should be up on disciplinary proceedingshanged by the neck until dead, then hung from the lamppost outside work as a warning to others.

            FTFY :)

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            • L Lutoslaw

              '4d568c9e-cb32-4db1-a276-26cb06cc3f6f'(User, SomeVar)

              Yep, this is an actual function signature in production code. (Erlang)

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              Ed Korsberg
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              I oddly like this. This function is presumably generated and used by some automated code generator and not something a human programmer would have to reference.

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                I oddly like this. This function is presumably generated and used by some automated code generator and not something a human programmer would have to reference.

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                Gary Wheeler
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                Yes, but some poor schmuck may have to deal with it. There should be a way to generate a friendly unique name based on the original source construct that caused the name to be generated. If nothing else, it could be based on the source file path and line number, just as an example.

                Software Zen: delete this;

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                • B Brady Kelly

                  Someone using that as a function name is certainly no fault of Erlang, but that of a coder who should by up on disciplinary proceedings.

                  Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. - Liber AL vel Legis 1:40, Aleister Crowley

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                  Lutoslaw
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                  Well, it's me who did it. It was approved by all coworkes though. In Erlang we have many single-use one-liner overloads to take advantage of pattern matching. Such code is repeated in so many places that this kind of joke doesn't really hurt anyone. More code:

                  compute_price('POST', [], User) ->
                  '4d568c9e-cb32-4db1-a276-26cb06cc3f6f'(User, User:role_atom()).

                  '4d568c9e-cb32-4db1-a276-26cb06cc3f6f'(User, some_atom) ->
                  {JsonProps, Product} = process_request(Req, User),
                  RangesFromJson = calendar_lib:json_ranges_to_month_records(proplists:get_value(<<"ranges">>, JsonProps)),
                  UserClickCounts = [ Range:click_count() || Range <- RangesFromJson],
                  ...

                  This is a very good language to implent any buisness logic or algorithms, but terrible if you try to interact with a front-end in web development

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                  • M Mycroft Holmes

                    Just reading the title of the reference book[^] confirms that I would want nothing to do with that!

                    Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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                    Herbie Mountjoy
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                    I'm sure Yoda will understand that.

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                    • E Ed Korsberg

                      I oddly like this. This function is presumably generated and used by some automated code generator and not something a human programmer would have to reference.

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                      Lutoslaw
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                      Ed Korsberg wrote:

                      This function is presumably generated and used by some automated code generator

                      It's not.

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                      • M Mycroft Holmes

                        Just reading the title of the reference book[^] confirms that I would want nothing to do with that!

                        Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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                        nanovad
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                        There's a similar book for learning Haskell, I believe. "Learn You a Haskell for Great Good"[^]

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                        • L Lutoslaw

                          '4d568c9e-cb32-4db1-a276-26cb06cc3f6f'(User, SomeVar)

                          Yep, this is an actual function signature in production code. (Erlang)

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                          Amarnath S
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                          Not only that; there are three other functions, within the same file, with names:

                          4d568c9e-cb32-4db1-a276-26cb06cc3f6**g(User, SomeVar),
                          4d568c9e-cb32-4db1-a276-26cb06cc3f6
                          h(User, SomeVar),
                          4d568c9e-cb32-4db1-a276-26cb06cc3f6
                          j**(User, SomeVar),

                          Maybe they should add this functionality to Intellisense: string matching from the trailing end :-)

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                          • R RugbyLeague

                            Makes more sense than some of the COBOL procedure and variable names I used to be faced with

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                            OriginalGriff
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                            FORTRAN was always good too: six character variable and subroutine names...got a little cryptic in large projects. :laugh:

                            Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                              FORTRAN was always good too: six character variable and subroutine names...got a little cryptic in large projects. :laugh:

                              Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                              RugbyLeague
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                              I wrote my first compiler in Fortran IV - that was fun

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                              • R RugbyLeague

                                I wrote my first compiler in Fortran IV - that was fun

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                                Forogar
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                                FORTRAN IV... ah, that brings back old memories... not good ones, but old memories nonetheless!

                                - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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                                  FORTRAN IV... ah, that brings back old memories... not good ones, but old memories nonetheless!

                                  - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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                                  RugbyLeague
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                                  arrays of 16 bit integers to store strings and bit shifting and masking to access individual characters. Always fun

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