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		wakeless on Oct 23, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to Read Other People's Code -- And Why I don't mind using code folding when I'm doing this. Trying to fold the code down that I don't care about, this way there isn't as much to read and get lost in.

lsb on Oct 23, 2009 [–]

If you're not folding functions, but parts of functions, that's a sign that it's poorly divided up, and a refactor would benefit it.

zeugma on Oct 23, 2009 | [–]

Indeed, but you should understand it before even trying to rewrite it, then folding can help a lot on poorly divided code. `

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