Waiting for File IO…

Remy Porter

Computers were a mistake, which is why I'm trying to shoot them into space. Editor-in-Chief for TDWTF.

Trisha had the misfortune to inherit some old Cold Fusion code. One particular block needed to see if a file existed before it continued, and apparently the original developer really wanted to be patient and make sure the file was there, so they wrote this:

<cfif not  fileExists(tPath)>
        <cfset CountR = 0>
        <cfloop index="ii" from="1" to="1000000">
                <cfset CountR = CountR + 1>
        </cfloop>
        <cfif not  fileExists(tPath)>
                <cfset CountR = 0>
                <cfloop index="ii" from="1" to="1000000">
                        <cfset CountR = CountR + 1>
                </cfloop>
                <cfif not  fileExists(tPath)>
                        <cfset CountR = 0>
                        <cfloop index="ii" from="1" to="1000000">
                                <cfset CountR = CountR + 1>
                        </cfloop>
                        <cfif not  fileExists(tPath)>
                                <cfset CountR = 0>
                                <cfloop index="ii" from="1" to="1000000">
                                        <cfset CountR = CountR + 1>
                                </cfloop>
                                <cfif not  fileExists(tPath)>
                                        <cfset CountR = 0>
                                        <cfloop index="ii" from="1" to="1000000">
                                                <cfset CountR = CountR + 1>
                                        </cfloop>
                                <cfelse>
                                        <cfset Good2Go = "Yes">
                                </cfif>
                        <cfelse>
                                <cfset Good2Go = "Yes">
                        </cfif>
                <cfelse>
                        <cfset Good2Go = "Yes">
                </cfif>
        <cfelse>
                <cfset Good2Go = "Yes">
        </cfif>
<cfelse>
        <cfset Good2Go = "Yes">
</cfif>

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