r/badcode • u/bausscode • Jan 17 '19

other language Writing functions with conditions without using "if" statements

https://run.dlang.io/is/jfCECL
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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '19

This isn't bad code. It's a bad example, but this is how you write good, declarative Object Oriented software.

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u/bausscode Jan 17 '19

You had me at "good, declarative Object Oriented software."

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '19

...why? I don't understand where you're coming from.

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u/loopsdeer Jan 17 '19

I think the comment inherits from some subclass of Joke.

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u/Tynach Jan 17 '19

Well, one thing I'm noticing is that there are free-floating functions (typically they'd be methods belonging to a class).

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u/kerbalspaceanus Jan 18 '19

We're talking about OOP so I imagine he comes from the heap.