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[Nerd_Skywalker]

I'm bored so here's another pointless thread :)

Do any of you guys have any really tall curly bracket pyramids in your code? I have a 14 high one as my record :lol:



Any of you have similar ones?

[TheNut]

Tsk tsk tsk... You chose to post a 49,162 byte image, in JPG format... not even PNG, which would have compressed better and look better, but ALSO when the equivalent [code] tag would have consumed far less. This is unbelievable... I.. I.. no, I can't say it.. It's to much. I need to unplug now..


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[Nerd_Skywalker]

I thought it looked better as a picture :D

But you are also correct about me posting a jpg as opposed to a png. I am ashamed of myself. Allow me to fix it.

[fireside]

Those are curly brackets also known as braces.
I've never kept count or anything, but I know it's at least 2.

[TheNut]

Nerd_Skywalker said:

I am ashamed of myself. Allow me to fix it.

You know I was kidding right? :lol:

As for myself, I think the longest I ever went was a triple loop, so 3. More than that and I'm doing something wrong :blink:

[alphadog]

Nesting more than three levels is definitely a potential "code smell".

It could be a combination of how you approach your tests (test for the exceptional, not the normal) and/or a method that can be refactored into more focused code.

[Nerd_Skywalker]

@fireside: D'oh!

@TheNut: Dang it! Well the quality was pretty low ha. I am known as "Sheldon" by some of my friends :)

@alphadog: I probably should fix it, but it seems to be working right now and I just need it for a little while.

[geon]

> Nesting more than three levels is definitely a potential "code smell".

I have 5 levels of nested if:s right now. I don't like it, but it's at least pretty clean. Error handling in php... I'll not discuss code smell and elegance any further, or I'll depress myself.

[geon]

*facepalm*

I found out just now that php actually has exceptions since version 5.0. Now I feel stupid.

[alphadog]

Well, it's not like more than 3 deep cannot happen evar... But, it shouldn't be the norm, and 14 is very suspicious...

[Nerd_Skywalker]

Hehe :D