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_qfi9 on March 13, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Facebook’s code quality problem (2015)

long names are good for both searchability and documentation purposes, and not a problem with decent tooling/autocomplete

If the names were more abstract, as in some java code, then it would be somewhat dubious in value. Most of these seem very precise however.

lefty2 on March 14, 2017 | [–]

It is a problem. The class names don't fit in the class browser window, which means you have constantly be resizing it to read the end of the class name.

collyw on March 15, 2017 | [–]

The problem isn't with the names. The problem is with overcomplicated architecture that leads to names like that.

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