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Re: Searching for a book that helps introduce JavaScript or Java Programming?

 

On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 11:36?AM David Rosenstrauch <darose@...> wrote:

On 6/22/23 5:23?PM, Mark Levison wrote:
> On the way we encountered a JavaScript function that took a boolean
> parameter, so the code read like: FooBar(..., True). We discussed why
> this is a poorly written function and then I promised: "I promised even
> if I'm fifty years dead, I will return from the grave too haunt her if
> she ever writes a method that accepts a boolean parameter."


Alright, I'll bite:? what is the issue you see with having a boolean
parameter?

I usually feel uncertain about what the boolean means, especially from reading only the invocation. I rarely regret replacing this with, at least, a symbol/enum/other intention-revealing value.

Not always, but quite close to always.
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