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• Mario T. Lanza commented  ·  February 4, 2011 11:53 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  IMO, overly clever code is a design flaw. Code should be easy to read almost to the end of Krug's "Don't Make Me Think".

• uzytkownik commented  ·  June 2, 2009 4:13 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  @lucapette: It will give more stability I guess (not necessary performance) after application of Linus Law.

• Nathan Youngman commented  ·  June 2, 2009 1:01 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  It's important to understand what goes on below the abstraction, especially when things go wrong.

• bitsweat commented  ·  May 21, 2009 12:42 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  This is stated as an annoyance. How about "keep the core code clear, elegant, efficient"

• josevalim commented  ·  January 7, 2009 1:11 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  A great example of how code can be less clever is Yehuda Katz current implementation of memoize (in SafelyMemoize):

  http://github.com/wycats/rails/tree/23bfd7c6f8c2e1c56e4d596fe7679e30184b83e1/activesupport/lib/active_support/memoizable.rb

  Things are cleaner and much less is happening behind the scenes.

• lucapette commented  ·  January 6, 2009 3:01 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  I agree with you, some code in Rails is difficult to read but i'm not sure we can consider it "overly clever". Surely we all like clear and readable code but maybe it can be more important considering other factors. So, imho, it could be nice to see "simplified" code but only if this kind of action can give us something else too as more stability or more good performances.