Objectives
In this chapter, you’ll learn:
How subroutine size affects program comprehension
- About measures you can take to frustrate comprehension of subroutines, specifically by
naming them poorly;
making them overly complex; and
giving them too many purposes
How inputs to and outputs from subroutines can be abused
Prerequisites
It will help you if you’re already familiar with reference types and value types, as well as evaluation strategies like call-by-value and call-by-reference.
Introduction
It is a very foolish and bad habit [. . .] to start working at details before having understood the problem ...
