qaz@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoWorse than single letterslemmy.worldimagemessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1321arrow-down116
arrow-up1305arrow-down1imageWorse than single letterslemmy.worldqaz@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squaregramie@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 year agoIt could be that this is a habit left over from pascal, where result is a reserved word, and is automatically made the return value of the function. If it is in the context of a short function, I don’t see that it’s all that bad.
minus-squareaksdb@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoYup, I also do that. If I just need a variable to put in what will be returned, I call it result. What it means should be clear from the function name. Repeating that feels redundant.
It could be that this is a habit left over from pascal, where result is a reserved word, and is automatically made the return value of the function.
If it is in the context of a short function, I don’t see that it’s all that bad.
Yup, I also do that. If I just need a variable to put in what will be returned, I call it
result. What it means should be clear from the function name. Repeating that feels redundant.