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The temptation is always there(lemmy.world)

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BorgDrone@lemmy.one
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Is it really tempting for people? They’ve given me too many headaches when I’ve had to reformat or add functionality to files.

I don’t get it either. Why would you ever feel the need for them to begin with?

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CapeWearingAeroplane@sopuli.xyz
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Unironically: For in-house scripts and toolboxes where I want to set stuff like input directory, output directory etc. for the whole toolbox, and then just run the scripts. There are other easy solutions of course, but this makes it really quick and easy to just run the scripts when I need to.

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BorgDrone@lemmy.one
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But those would be constants, not variables.

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CapeWearingAeroplane@sopuli.xyz
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I typically don’t declare them as such - bring the pitchforks!

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magic_lobster_party@kbin.social
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In software that’s already badly engineered. Either you do the work and refactor everything, or accept it’s probably not worth all the effort.

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