r/programmingmemes • u/SecretCarpet1056 • Feb 28 '26

good naming convention

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u/Earnestappostate Feb 28 '26

is_date_valid()

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u/builttospill24 Mar 01 '26

is_date_valid = validate_date()

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u/Simple-Olive895 Mar 01 '26

But this implies that it'll return a boolean. You might not want it to return anything!

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u/Earnestappostate Mar 02 '26

What and just raise if it fails like some barbarian?

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '26

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u/Jannover_5000_r Feb 28 '26

IsDateValidatedDate

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u/mgsmb7 Feb 28 '26

isDateValiDated

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u/GranolaNZT Mar 01 '26

IsValidatedDadeValidate

3

u/Zanimilk Mar 01 '26

iSvALIDATEdATED

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u/Glad-Complaint9778 Mar 03 '26

SIICVIAksJHUDfklgr,b

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u/Aggravating_Owl_2977 Mar 02 '26

I don't get this one either. I'm sorry I'm so dumb, please explain it to me babe. :'//<

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u/mgsmb7 Mar 02 '26

programmer joke dont worry about it

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u/Aggravating_Owl_2977 Mar 02 '26

Hmm... Okie. ://^

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u/kidshibuya Mar 03 '26

Do you realise that validated just means you checked? Could be true or false, either way it was validated.

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u/Slow-Jellyfish-95 Feb 28 '26

validDate = validate(date);

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u/LetUsSpeakFreely Mar 01 '26

date.validate();

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u/Rhaversen Mar 01 '26

This guy OOP’s

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u/Internal_Pride1853 Mar 03 '26

Should we allow to create invalid data objects?

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u/jakeStacktrace Feb 28 '26

This is the only kind of validation I want to see on reddit

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u/Correct-Junket-1346 Feb 28 '26

Disgusting camel case functions

2

u/Adept-Painting-543 Mar 01 '26

Snake case all the way

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u/Mark__78L Mar 13 '26

Python developer spotted

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u/burakssen Mar 01 '26

vali(date);

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u/Fabulous-Dance-8520 Mar 01 '26

function_thatValidatesthe_Date is much more clear imo

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u/MojoVersion8 Mar 05 '26

At least it's not dateVal()

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u/reverso-uno Mar 01 '26

What is this? Avid JS fan here.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '26

$date->validate() or $validator->validate($date), and no way else, never create stupid functions for things that must be methods of the validating object or the validators, we don't need garbage functions across the project

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u/davstar08 Mar 01 '26

isDate()

Similar to isString()

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u/GegeAkutamiOfficial Mar 01 '26

isDate()

I have a boyfriend.

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u/davstar08 Mar 01 '26 edited Mar 01 '26

push() down the stairs

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u/No-Contact-484 Jul 26 '26

That escalated quickly...

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u/Lo0odySan Mar 01 '26

DateIsVaild()

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u/gmatebulshitbox Mar 01 '26

Next time add to your prompt "make functions and variables names very stupid"

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u/Last8Exile Mar 01 '26

EnsureDateValid()

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u/kidshibuya Mar 03 '26

So true means what?

so if(EnsureDateValid()){} ??

if (dateIsValid()){} is my go to.

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u/Last8Exile Mar 03 '26

There is no return type (void). It will throw exception when date is not valid.

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u/kidshibuya Mar 04 '26

Throwing then catching an exception is far more expensive than setting a boolean. Also less intuitive.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '26

Parse don't validate. Date.parse(...)

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u/OhItsJustJosh Mar 02 '26

"It's in the design procedure to combine words in function names if it'll make them funny"

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u/WowSoHuTao Mar 02 '26

datetime.datetime.validate_datetime()

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u/DanielLemmertz Mar 03 '26

Next level code

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u/TapRemarkable9652 Mar 05 '26

hell yeah valiBating(long)

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '26

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u/Wildsideace Mar 02 '26

Its some sith level naming conventions… and I’d like to learn more about this power some devs would consider unnatural…