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506 points xeonmc | 2 comments | 25 Jun 25 19:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.434s | source
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rossant ◴[26 Jun 25 09:45 UTC] No.44385749[source]▶
I think lines of code could be an interesting and valuable metric.

If the lower (negative) score, the better (given a fixed set of features).

“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Airman's Odyssey

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1. entuno ◴[26 Jun 25 09:55 UTC] No.44385798[source]▶
That just encourages bad behaviour in the other direction though. A massive multi-level nested ternary on one line is usually going to be worse than a longer but clearer set of conditions. Trying to make code brief can be good, but it can often result in an unmaintainable and hard to read mess.
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2. windward ◴[26 Jun 25 10:29 UTC] No.44385983[source]▶
That results in the same AST, it's not really taking anything away