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Are you supporting that dogma or just stating it?

This brings to mind the Orwell essay on language usage[1]: Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.

IMO having "three = 1" with no immediate context qualifies as barbarous. Yes it would be best to rename the variable, but, failing that, just toss in a freaking comment for common sense's sake.

[1]https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/orwell46.htm




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