Code Smell 06 - Too Clever Programmer
Code is difficult to read and tricky with names without semantics. Sometimes using language's accidental complexity.
2 August, 2022
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TL;DR: Don't pretend you are too smart. Clean code asks for readability and simplicity.
Problems
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Readability
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Maintainability
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Code Quality
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Premature Optimization
Solutions
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Refactor the code
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Use better names
Examples
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Optimized loops
Exceptions
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Optimized code for low-level operations.
Sample Code
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Detection
Automatic detection is possible in some languages.
Watch some warnings related to complexity, bad names, post-increment variables, etc.
Relations
Also Known as
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Obfuscator
Conclusion
Too clever developers write cryptic code to brag. Smart developers write clean code.
Clear beats clever.
Tags
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Declarative
More Info
Refactorings
Credits
Programming can be fun, so can cryptography; however they should not be combined.
Kreitzberg & Shneiderman
This article is part of the CodeSmell Series.