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362 points mmphosis | 1 comments | 17 Nov 24 16:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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leetrout ◴[17 Nov 24 18:05 UTC] No.42165704[source]▶
> It's better to have some wonky parameterization than it is to have multiple implementations of nearly the same thing. Improving the parameters will be easier than to consolidate four different implementations if this situation comes up again.

Hard disagree. If you cant decompose to avoid "wonky parameters" then keep them separate. Big smell is boolean flags (avoid altogether when you can) and more than one enum parameter.

IME "heavy" function signatures are always making things harder to maintain.

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1. Kinrany ◴[17 Nov 24 19:27 UTC] No.42166370[source]▶
The monstrosities with dozens of flags do not happen because of the first wonky parameter. Inlining a function or refactoring it when the third use case comes around and invalidates assumptions isn't hard.