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The temptation is always there (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 78 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Just create a global object and stuff your variable in there. Now you have a global singleton and that's not a purely bad practice :D

[–] Techmaster@lemm.ee 42 points 2 years ago

Just call it "state management" and nobody will even care.

[–] magic_lobster_party@kbin.social 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not necessarily a bad practice if the singleton is immutable, and it’s provided via dependency injection for example.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As a hobby coder: "mmmhm, mmmm, mmhm... I know some of these words!"

[–] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Software dev is full of obscure keywords that describe otherwise pretty simple or basic concepts you stumble upon in practice naturally and that you probably already understand.

  • singleton: a class/object that is designed to be single use, i.e. only ever instantiated with a single instance. Typically used when you use class/objects more for flow control or to represent the state of the program itself, rather than using it to represent data
  • immutable: read-only, i.e. unchangeable
  • dependency injection: basically when you pass a function or object into another function object, thereby extending their effective functionality, typically for modular code and to separate concerns.

Here's one more of my favourite examples of such a keyword: memoization

[–] Solemarc@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Ahh yes memoization, the complicated way to say "remember this, I might need it again"

[–] Anonymousllama@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Important to contain all your mess to one side of the room, makes it easier to manage

[–] shotgun_crab@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah yeah let's put all the eggs in one basket

[–] mdk_@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

So you saying, just the tip?

[–] z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Ah yes. Global Objects, AKA the thinnest of condoms, lol.