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Re: vertical ordering of functions

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In article <mailman.1127.1304460530.9059.python-list@python.org>,
 Jabba Laci <jabba.laci@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm just reading Robert M. Martin's book entitled "Clean Code". In Ch.
> 5 he says that a function that is called should be below a function
> that does the calling. This creates a nice flow down from top to
> bottom.

There may have been some logic to this when people read programs on 
stacks of green-bar or rolls of teletype paper.  These days, we have 
better tools.

When I'm reading some code and see a function call I want to explore, I 
search for the function name in my text editor.  People who use an IDE 
can probably just click on the function name.  In either case, the tool 
takes me where I need to go.  I'm generally completely unaware whether 
it's taken be forward or backward in the file.

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vertical ordering of functions Jabba Laci <jabba.laci@gmail.com> - 2011-05-03 18:08 -0400
  Re: vertical ordering of functions Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-05-04 09:58 +1000
    Re: vertical ordering of functions John Bokma <john@castleamber.com> - 2011-05-03 19:44 -0500
  Re: vertical ordering of functions Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-05-03 20:27 -0400
  Re: vertical ordering of functions Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-04 01:09 +0000
  Re: vertical ordering of functions John Roth <johnroth1@gmail.com> - 2011-05-04 04:14 -0700
  Re: vertical ordering of functions Hans Georg Schaathun <hg@schaathun.net> - 2011-05-10 19:31 +0100

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