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Subject: Re: Interview question - better solution for MergePurgeAndReverseOrder()
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On Friday, March 29, 2019 at 12:53:18 PM UTC-4, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
> I fully agree, and that is how I would implement code "in the real
> world". But as this was an interview technical test, I was given two
> classes and the second one had an empty implementation for
> MergePurgeAndReverseSort().
> 
> I was not allowed to change anything, other than implement the method.
> 
It sounds like they were trying to give you a hint that you shouldn't want to work there.  Normalizing code is the best answer.  That sounds like 3 separate methods.