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Is 20 parameters too many?
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07/02/2017 15:07:48
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Visual FoxPro
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Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
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01647608
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>>>Hi Dimitry,
>>>
>>>I remember asking myself whether I should:
>>>1) let the list of parameters of a central routine of a complex to grow massively,
>>>2) re-organised the code with some sort of "state-object" (yep just a plain old custom object).
>>>
>>>I was in a hurry and decided to stick to solution 1). I can certainly say that I was wrong. Passing a pretty large number of parameters ? Possibly that's the the time to incorporate at least ONE "state-object" resource to be passed as a single parameter possibly along with other parameters that may be kept as standalone atomic parameters. It both improves the reading and reduce the clutter.
>>>
>>>all this IMVHO of course, Daniel
>>
>>Thank you for your input, Daniel.
>
>I agree with Daniel. I create the object use a Empty type class and add the properties using AddProperty().

Thank you for your input.
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