Last line effect

Last Line EffectWho? Andrey Karpov

What He Does? An unusual jobLike What? Analyze program code of various applications with the help of

static analyzers and write descriptions of errors and defects he

findsNice Job right?

How do I know about this?

Can I know more about it?

• Do you like to TYPE a similar code again & again while programming?

NO• So What you do at this situation?

COPY & PASTE

What’s wrong with this?

• you risk easily forgetting to change something in the pasted lines and thus giving birth to errors.

• What kind of errors? Can you show me some examples?

SURE



Note the line "z += other.y;". The programmer forgot to replace 'y' with 'z' in it



The length of the "THREADS=" string is 8 characters, not 6



The SetW() function should be called at the end



The last line was pasted mechanically and is redundant. There are only 3 items in the array



The length of the "BITLIST" string is 7, not 3 characters

What was his conclusion?

• The probability of making a mistake in the last pasted block of code is 4 times higher than in any other block

• So BE CAREFUL while doing COPY & PASTE

• Make sure to REVIEW it before committing to version control repositories

You can read about this more on the following link,

http://www.viva64.com/en/b/0260/

Thank You & Have a Great Week End

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Last line effect