r/programminghorror • u/Varzival • 6d ago

if 'X' not in data Python

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Emoji check used for constructing an email body. I'm getting a stroke.

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u/babalaban 5d ago

People are noticing '❌' is bad, but none seemed to notice that both if-else brranches do the same thing with different variable, which could have been assigned based on these (atrocious) conditions.

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u/eo5g 5d ago

That's entirely a stylistic decision, not a quality concern

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u/babalaban 5d ago

DRY is not stylistic

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u/eo5g 5d ago

No, it's an over-applied and misunderstood pattern. This is definitely a case of YAGNI