My nomination for worst variable name ever: else_bool

July 13, 2007

While pair-programming this week, Kevin and I ran into this:

Dim else_bool As Boolean

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else_bool = Convert.ToInt32(pv2_rec(“part_good_qty”).NetValue) > 0

else_bool!

Um, how about isGoodQuantityAvailable?

And yes, since we refactor mercilessly, we changed it. Our code base is better today than it was yesterday.