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[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 12 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Comment your code. Problem solved.

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Make sure to remember to update your comments too, otherwise it causes even more confusion when something works differently than it says it does.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

That happened to me multiple times...

[–] sunbytes@lemmy.world 9 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

And decent variable names if you can, as well.

No magic numbers!

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

WYM, I can't just name my functions foo() and my variables single letters? /s

[–] sunbytes@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

$retVal and $item are my personal favourite.