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

And decent variable names if you can, as well.

No magic numbers!

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] sunbytes@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

$retVal and $item are my personal favourite.