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arwhatever • today at 12:01 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

What?.could?.possibly?.go?.wrong?.

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esafak • today at 12:11 AM

    if (This) {
        if (is) {
            if (much) {
                if (better) {
                    println("I get paid by the brace")
                }
            }
        }
    }
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kazinator • today at 12:16 AM

Nothing to worry about:

  What?.could?.possibly?.go?.wrong?
Not so convinced:

  What?.could?.possibly?.go?.wrong = important_value()
Maybe the design is wrong if the code is asked to store values into an incomplete skeleton, and it's just okay to discard them in that case.
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