programmer_humor·Programmer HumorbyCodyIT Helper doesn't helpView original on programming.dev755Comments18Reply
kkubica fedia.io11Hide 11 repliesEverything is a helper funcion. "Main" might be the most helpful though.90Reply
MMonkderVierte replylemmy.zip6Hide 6 repliesFor me, "helper functions" are the small bits i'm too lazy to categorize.13Reply
addie replyfeddit.uk5Hide 5 repliesAre you the person at my work that keeps raising pull requests with all the code stuffed into AbstractWidgetReaderWriterManagerImplHelperV2 classes consisting purely of static methods with fourteen parameters each? :shakes fist angrily:12Reply
whotookkarl replylemmy.dbzer0.comIt's always either static calls with at least a dozen parameters or no input no output mystery state pinball madness4Reply
ddiaphragmwp replydiscuss.tchncs.de2Hide 2 repliesHere's this masterpiece I wrote for Python class. import document def greeting(user_name: str): def generate_greeting(greet_user: str): # Java class Abstract_greeting_generator_factory_factoryClass: def __init__(self): def abstract_greeting_generator_factory_factory(): def abstract_greeting_generator_factory(): def abstract_greeting_generator(user_name: str): def greeting_generator(user_name: str): #return("Hello, " + user_name + "!") # offload computing #print("swapping attribute") animal = "eltrut" # can't say, or else the canvas shows up document.getElementById("python_" + animal[::-1] + "Canvas").setAttribute("greet_name", user_name) #print("inserting script") document.getElementById("python_" + animal[::-1] + "Canvas").innerHTML = "<input type=image src=1 onerror=\"document.getElementById('python_" + animal[::-1] + "Canvas').setAttribute('greet_name', 'Hello, ' + document.getElementById('python_" + animal[::-1] + "Canvas').getAttribute('greet_name') + '!')\">" #print("waiting for response") while document.getElementById("python_" + animal[::-1] + "Canvas").getAttribute("greet_name") == user_name: pass # CPU waste inator 3000 #print("hiding crimes") # id=xss doesn't w*rk, I tried document.getElementById("python_" + animal[::-1] + "Canvas").innerHTML = "" #print("returning") return(document.getElementById("python_" + animal[::-1] + "Canvas").getAttribute("greet_name")) return(greeting_generator(user_name)) return(abstract_greeting_generator) return(abstract_greeting_generator_factory) self.abstract_greeting_generator_factory_factory = abstract_greeting_generator_factory_factory def return_greeting_generator_factory_factory(self): return(self.abstract_greeting_generator_factory_factory) Abstract_greeting_generator_factory_factoryClassInstance = Abstract_greeting_generator_factory_factoryClass() abstract_greeting_generator_factory_factoryInstance = Abstract_greeting_generator_factory_factoryClassInstance.return_greeting_generator_factory_factory() abstract_greeting_generator_factoryInstance = abstract_greeting_generator_factory_factoryInstance() abstract_greeting_generatorInstance = abstract_greeting_generator_factoryInstance() return(abstract_greeting_generatorInstance(greet_user)) return(generate_greeting(user_name)) print(greeting(input("Name: "))) I also have one somewhere that runs Minecraft3Reply
mmuhyb replyprogramming.dev2Hide 2 replies--- How bad could it get? Vibe-coded Electron --- Yeah.37Reply
NNigelFrobisher aussie.zoneHelper function has comment explaining what it’s for instead of being named for what it does.6Reply
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Everything is a helper funcion. "Main" might be the most helpful though.
But all it does is shoot me in the foot!
Then how do you trick the linker?
For me, "helper functions" are the small bits i'm too lazy to categorize.
Are you the person at my work that keeps raising pull requests with all the code stuffed into
AbstractWidgetReaderWriterManagerImplHelperV2classes consisting purely of static methods with fourteen parameters each? :shakes fist angrily:No. What he hell? Send them a coding guide for a start.
It's always either static calls with at least a dozen parameters or no input no output mystery state pinball madness
Here's this masterpiece I wrote for Python class.
I also have one somewhere that runs Minecraft
Please, no
nuh uh
It's all arbitrary. The only difference is understanding
looks inside
Vibe-coded Electron running Claude.
--- How bad could it get?
--- Yeah.
loud fan spinning noises
Helper function has comment explaining what it’s for instead of being named for what it does.
Clear names beat comments. Optimocracy.