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On 10/02/2021 10:43 AM, Branimir Maksimovic wrote:
> On 2021-10-02, Clutterfreak <clutterfreakincarnate@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> So with macros the code needs to be deciphered first. You'll have to go
>> look at your preprocessor directives elsewhere in the program to
>> decipher it.
>
> Exactly. Then we came to most important part: CODE /readabil'ity :P
>>
>>
>
>

I come from the school where if you need to comment the code it's too 
obscure. I will throw in a comment if I think it's necessary. Sometimes 
it isn't too clear what's going on and the comment is as much for me 6 
months from now as anyone.

Not to be a language chauvinist but it's good most people program in 
English.

If(emergency())
     {
     stopTheFuckingCar();
     }
else    {
     carryOnDriving();
     }


Perfectly clear and self-documenting. At least for me if it was in 
French, completely opaque.