4. Program Understandability

Program understandability: Introduction

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  DCL50-J. Use visually distinct identifiers
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  DCL57-J. Avoid ambiguous overloading of variable arity methods
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  ERR52-J. Avoid in-band error indicators
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  EXP51-J. Do not perform assignments in conditional expressions
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  EXP52-J. Use braces for the body of an if, for, or while statement
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  EXP53-J. Use parentheses for precedence of operation
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  FIO50-J. Do not make assumptions about file creation
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  MET50-J. Avoid ambiguous or confusing uses of overloading
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  MET53-J. Ensure that the clone() method calls super.clone()
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  MSC51-J. Do not place a semicolon immediately following an if, for, or while condition
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  MSC52-J. Finish every set of statements associated with a case label with a break statement
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  MSC54-J. Avoid inadvertent wrapping of loop counters
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  MSC55-J. Use comments consistently and in a readable fashion
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  MSC56-J. Detect and remove superfluous code and values
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  MSC57-J. Strive for logical completeness
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  NUM50-J. Convert integers to floating point for floating-point operations