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		philbarr on April 1, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Refactoring: How do I even start? I actually don't think he should remove the second argument until the entire thing has been verified in tests. What if it was actually: `masterList[a].list2.length()` ..but he misread it as `masterList[z].list2.length()` and so removed it..?

pmr_ on April 1, 2015 [–]

You are saying that you actually need to read and understand code you are refactoring. Hard to disagree.

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