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What exactly do you consider a code smell? Please elaborate.

Hulk
– Hulk

2020-04-10 09:04:57 +00:00
Commented Apr 10, 2020 at 9:04
See en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_smell for examples. But converting a non-string to a string so that you can print it out is a bad practice. Also see en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_smell for more coding faux pas.

John Pfersich
– John Pfersich

2021-01-23 06:11:11 +00:00
Commented Jan 23, 2021 at 6:11

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