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Sep 7, 2026 · Fundamentals
Boost Readability by Reordering Code Lines — Data-Flow Order Beats Method Extraction
The article shows how interleaving multiple data-flow chains in a method forces readers to context-switch, and demonstrates that simply reordering lines to follow each chain sequentially — without changing logic or extracting methods — dramatically improves readability, while explaining why method extraction can backfire when variables are shared across chains.
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