• exussum@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This makes me want to write a function for you to add to numbers where the variables are leftumber and rightnumber, instead of x and y.

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      1 year ago

      Lhs and rhs are much better than x and y

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        1 year ago

        In what way? If you encountered a function that had x and y which just added them together, that’s not readable enough?

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          1 year ago

          Well in a vacuum yes sure, you’re right, but in practice there’s always some context. x and y could be referring to axes, where an addition makes little sense. However lhs and rhs make more sense if you’re overloading an operator