Re: “Booleans Considered Harmful”

On Thu, 22 May 2025 11:14:17 +0200, Julio Di Egidio wrote:

But we know better: the one best practice that would be relevant there
is *do not use magic values*.

I think the writer was trying to make a point about cryptic actual-
argument values. But that is an issue that applies to other types besides
booleans, and is easily solved by passing arguments by keyword. Compare
his example

    saveUser(user, true, false);

with something more like

    saveUser
      (
        user,
        sendWelcomeEmail := true,
        verified := false
      );