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vvvrist
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Just vvvery dumb on multiple levvvels. Maybe tomorrow will havvve a bigger WTF.
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Probably an abbreviation for "Visionary Validity Verification".
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Not so bad, either. I recall a (pretty formal) seminar in quantum chemistry with an young and witty quantum chemist presenting his developments. Someone asked for a snipped of code used. Our young and witty quantum chemist has a habit of naming variables and function accordingly to the current mood. A Fortran axample: SH..T1=F..KIT2(I) SH..T2=F..KIT3(I) ....
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Just wondering whether Luka's co worker comes from the netherlands. The tourist information spots are called VVV (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vereniging_voor_Vreemdelingenverkeer).
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hopefully, that devvveloper wil getl the boot before Luca goes on hhholiday again.
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Back in Ye Olden Dayes before real IDEs I've written debugging helper functions like that. Something with a quick-to-type weird name that I could invoke during a breakpoint to query or evaluate some complicated [whatever].
But they sure as hell didn't make their way into production, much less be called from all over the active codebase.
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Sounds like dd() in Laravel. But that has better purpose.
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vvvhat the hell is that function naming?
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I do the same thing. If I want to make a variable or function that is only ever intended for debugging and must not under any circumstances run in production I deliberately give it a stupid name so that it'll be caught in code review and flagged.
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The reimplemented version will be named vvv2().
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In .NET I am a big fan of putting 'debug code' in a #If DEBUG to ensure it is kept out of Release.
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For the record, by deliberately stupid I mean stuff like calling the function do_not_commmit_test_1(); It's kind of hard not to flag that.
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"I do not have a name. You can call me vvv."
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VVV is short for veni, vidi, vici - so that might explain the thought process.
Addendum 2024-12-05 05:39: It actually describes the code perfectly, if you think about it:
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I sought it vas da vorld vide veb.
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In Morse code, you send vvv when you're testing the transmitter, so maybe he's just a crusty old guy?
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Who the hell gavvve SpectateSwamp access to the repo?
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You missed the point entirely. This was a "seasoned developer". As in, they knew the obvious BEST way to make sure this new person NEVER takes a holiday again requiring this developer to have to do their work. Genius. Pure genius!
First Rule of Holidays: Always do the kind of work such that NO-ONE will call on you to do their work while on holiday EVER again. ref: see washing dishes rule, setting table rule, doing laundry rule, etc. etc.
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I use these names when I'm trying out some new methods and just need something to type in. When I move to the code I'll actually use, I'm switching to something understandable.
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"Even places where a more "correct" call had been used had been refactored to use <some bad code>"
I've had this happen to be and it's very frustrating.
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VVV = Venerable Validation Vunction.
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Yea, NET is beautiful like that. But my habits were formed back when it was not even a twinkle in microsquishes eye.
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@Officer Johnny Holzkopf VVV = 'Vailable Value Verifier