Would this pass code review where you are?
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Would be a good candidate for The Weird And The Wonderful forum, rather than the Lounge. I'm surprised it compiled. Shouldn't 'ep;' be 'ep:;'? I don't know since it is 43 years since I last wrote a goto statement (excluding for old languages that needed 'ON ERROR GOTO ..', and that was as recent as the late 1990s).
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I didn't write it, but ... the author thinks this is a good idea that should be allowed in C# code:
getSeries()
{if (flag == pass) goto ep;
for i1 ...
...
for i2 ...
...
for i3 ...
...
for i4 ...
.
.
.
for ...
{
...
return;
ep;
}
}
}
}//last for}// end of getSeries()
Me? I'm not a fan. Your thoughts - and remember this is the Lounge? :laugh:
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First thoughts: It does not look very performant with 4 nested for loops, but it might be necessary, so need more information before commenting any more. Blink twice thoughts: Nuke that goto. Nuke it from space... This should not compile in C#. Wouldn't that have undefined behaviour in C, as the loop variables would not get initialised? It looks like the code that the goto label refers to is only executed from the goto, so perhaps the goto could be replaced by moving that code into the if statement. Good luck untangling this code.
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I didn't write it, but ... the author thinks this is a good idea that should be allowed in C# code:
getSeries()
{if (flag == pass) goto ep;
for i1 ...
...
for i2 ...
...
for i3 ...
...
for i4 ...
.
.
.
for ...
{
...
return;
ep;
}
}
}
}//last for}// end of getSeries()
Me? I'm not a fan. Your thoughts - and remember this is the Lounge? :laugh:
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
Well, it shows a good deal of promise. The author has very rigorously and helpfully identified (via comments) both the end of the method, and the end of the last
forloop. Clearly s/he was in a great hurry, or maybe just wilfully lazy, as there is no equivalent commenting on the end of the inner loops. A smack on the wrist needed there, I think. Succinct and meaningful variable names used.i_n_suggests a background in early BASIC, but that's fine; at least we know which level each variable relates to. There's a flag helpfully namedflag, and a condition sensibly namedpass. Well thought through. My criticism would be thatepis obviously the "end procedure" goto target, but to perpetuate the camel case standard used in the method name, it should beeP. Indentation is good and consistent. Not sure on the inlineifbut that may conform to local standards. Otherwise? meh. :| -
I didn't write it, but ... the author thinks this is a good idea that should be allowed in C# code:
getSeries()
{if (flag == pass) goto ep;
for i1 ...
...
for i2 ...
...
for i3 ...
...
for i4 ...
.
.
.
for ...
{
...
return;
ep;
}
}
}
}//last for}// end of getSeries()
Me? I'm not a fan. Your thoughts - and remember this is the Lounge? :laugh:
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Apparently so, in C++. In C# (his target language) no - the label is out of scope of the goto. It was apparently written in 2006 ... and in my opinion you shouldn't try to perpetuate code crimes into new languages. To be honest, any coder who thinks nesting loops 5+ deep is a good idea probably needs a lesson in exponential growth ... :laugh:
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
Ooh, I thought C++ initialised variables to 0 by default - apparently not. So this is undefined behaviour if any of the loop variables are used after the goto is executed. Fnu
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I didn't write it, but ... the author thinks this is a good idea that should be allowed in C# code:
getSeries()
{if (flag == pass) goto ep;
for i1 ...
...
for i2 ...
...
for i3 ...
...
for i4 ...
.
.
.
for ...
{
...
return;
ep;
}
}
}
}//last for}// end of getSeries()
Me? I'm not a fan. Your thoughts - and remember this is the Lounge? :laugh:
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
Without context, it's hard to say what's going on but a thought occurs to me here; if there is no condition before that return statement, each loop level is going to execute only once so the whole logic could be flattened.
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Without context, it's hard to say what's going on but a thought occurs to me here; if there is no condition before that return statement, each loop level is going to execute only once so the whole logic could be flattened.
who gave you permission to post my code on here? I thought the red printing at the top forbid that. edit: oops, sorry meant to reply to that other fellow.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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Not sure what it does, especially goto part. But reminds of person who skipped recursion class...
Without knowing the range of the for loops, and how many there are, I wouldn't recommend recursion, because it might overflow the stack.
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I didn't write it, but ... the author thinks this is a good idea that should be allowed in C# code:
getSeries()
{if (flag == pass) goto ep;
for i1 ...
...
for i2 ...
...
for i3 ...
...
for i4 ...
.
.
.
for ...
{
...
return;
ep;
}
}
}
}//last for}// end of getSeries()
Me? I'm not a fan. Your thoughts - and remember this is the Lounge? :laugh:
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
OriginalGriff wrote:
code review where you are
On my current team, I'm the only one who writes "real code" -- and I definitely would not have written that. We've been required to do code reviews though... so we pretend to do code reviews of our SSIS packages. :confused:
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I didn't write it, but ... the author thinks this is a good idea that should be allowed in C# code:
getSeries()
{if (flag == pass) goto ep;
for i1 ...
...
for i2 ...
...
for i3 ...
...
for i4 ...
.
.
.
for ...
{
...
return;
ep;
}
}
}
}//last for}// end of getSeries()
Me? I'm not a fan. Your thoughts - and remember this is the Lounge? :laugh:
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
Maybe a self code review or the code review was sent to a subordinate/junior guy or a force approval. :)
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I didn't write it, but ... the author thinks this is a good idea that should be allowed in C# code:
getSeries()
{if (flag == pass) goto ep;
for i1 ...
...
for i2 ...
...
for i3 ...
...
for i4 ...
.
.
.
for ...
{
...
return;
ep;
}
}
}
}//last for}// end of getSeries()
Me? I'm not a fan. Your thoughts - and remember this is the Lounge? :laugh:
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
Isn't that the guy in QA that asked where to stick the goto? But I'm sure that's not where they told him to stick it.
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27. JaxCoder.com
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Isn't that the guy in QA that asked where to stick the goto? But I'm sure that's not where they told him to stick it.
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27. JaxCoder.com
Yes - I'm trying to get him to see that I'm not the only one who looks at theat and sees Assembler code written in C compiled by a C++ compiler and never going to work in C# ... He thinks it's perfectly good code because it has worked since 2006. We all know that just because you can do something, it doesn't mean you should. I feel sorry for anyone who has to work for / with him - that company has to be the kiss of death for your career!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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You need to tell the author he's in the wrong job. He needs to find something where logic and common sense isn't required. Management, maybe? ;)
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It's this new cool style of programming named For-Oriented Programming, or FOP for short. I think I'll try it out on my next project :thumbsup:
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Yes - I'm trying to get him to see that I'm not the only one who looks at theat and sees Assembler code written in C compiled by a C++ compiler and never going to work in C# ... He thinks it's perfectly good code because it has worked since 2006. We all know that just because you can do something, it doesn't mean you should. I feel sorry for anyone who has to work for / with him - that company has to be the kiss of death for your career!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
OriginalGriff wrote:
We all know that just because you can do something, it doesn't mean you should.
Make him watch Jurrasic Park. Again. Like Malcom McDowell in Clockwork Orange.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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I didn't write it, but ... the author thinks this is a good idea that should be allowed in C# code:
getSeries()
{if (flag == pass) goto ep;
for i1 ...
...
for i2 ...
...
for i3 ...
...
for i4 ...
.
.
.
for ...
{
...
return;
ep;
}
}
}
}//last for}// end of getSeries()
Me? I'm not a fan. Your thoughts - and remember this is the Lounge? :laugh:
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
We don't do code reviews where I work. Go ahead, keep throwing up; I'll wait. 1. I don't like the
goto. I know some folks like them for error exit handling when you're not using exceptions, but I'm not one of them. 2. If theepsymbol is intended to be a label, it's certainly poorly placed. 3. There's nothing inherently wrong in the numerous nestedforloops. It depends upon their purpose. 3.1. If the nested loops are simple indices in multi-dimensional data performing a simple task, it might be the most concise way to accomplish that task. Adding layers of abstraction to remove the nesting might complicate the logic unnecessarily, especially if that's the only reason for adding the layer. 3.2. If 3.1 is not the case, the loops are certainly a code smell since they imply accessing multiple levels of detail from a single scope. 3.3. The iteration valuesi1,i2, etc. are poorly named. 4. I also don't like thereturnembedded in the loops. I don't have a problem usingbreakorcontinueto exit a loop early, but that keeps the range of the'goto'to the body of the loop, making control flow analysis simpler.Software Zen:
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I didn't write it, but ... the author thinks this is a good idea that should be allowed in C# code:
getSeries()
{if (flag == pass) goto ep;
for i1 ...
...
for i2 ...
...
for i3 ...
...
for i4 ...
.
.
.
for ...
{
...
return;
ep;
}
}
}
}//last for}// end of getSeries()
Me? I'm not a fan. Your thoughts - and remember this is the Lounge? :laugh:
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
OriginalGriff wrote:
Your thoughts
The label 'ep' probably means exit point. The only thing I can think of is that the author is following the single-entry single-exit[^] code standard. I've worked on teams that tried to adhere to this policy. I've had some of my code rejected by reviewers with the reason of: "Refactor to single exit". That code is in your operating system. Best Wishes, -David Delaune
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I didn't write it, but ... the author thinks this is a good idea that should be allowed in C# code:
getSeries()
{if (flag == pass) goto ep;
for i1 ...
...
for i2 ...
...
for i3 ...
...
for i4 ...
.
.
.
for ...
{
...
return;
ep;
}
}
}
}//last for}// end of getSeries()
Me? I'm not a fan. Your thoughts - and remember this is the Lounge? :laugh:
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I didn't write it, but ... the author thinks this is a good idea that should be allowed in C# code:
getSeries()
{if (flag == pass) goto ep;
for i1 ...
...
for i2 ...
...
for i3 ...
...
for i4 ...
.
.
.
for ...
{
...
return;
ep;
}
}
}
}//last for}// end of getSeries()
Me? I'm not a fan. Your thoughts - and remember this is the Lounge? :laugh:
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
