Constant Adventure

We know that June 7th, 2006 was a long day for Jonas, Rusty's long-ago predecessor. We know that, because Jonas made a big commit that day. It was the day someone told him to stop using magic numbers and switch to named constants.

    public static final float FLOAT_0NE_HUNDRED_FIFTY = 150.0f;
    public static final float FLOAT_EIGHT = 8.0f;
    public static final float FLOAT_EIGHTY_FIVE_HUNDREDTH = 0.85f;
    public static final float FLOAT_EIGHT_HUNDREDTH = 0.08f;
    public static final float FLOAT_EIGHT_HUNDRED_SIX = 806.0f;
    public static final float FLOAT_TEN_HUNDREDTH = 0.10f;
    public static final float FLOAT_ELEVEN = 11.0f;
    public static final float FLOAT_ELEVEN_HUNDREDTH = 0.11f;
    public static final float FLOAT_FIFTEEN = 15.0f;
    public static final float FLOAT_FIFTY = 50.0f;
    public static final float FLOAT_FIFTY_NINE_HUNDREDTH = 0.59f;
    public static final float FLOAT_FIVE = 5.0f;
    public static final float FLOAT_FIVE_HUNDRED = 500.0f;
    public static final float FLOAT_FIVE_HUNDRED_SIXTY = 560.0f;
    public static final float FLOAT_FIVE_TENTH = 0.5f;
    public static final float FLOAT_FIVE_THOUSANDTH = 0.005f;
    public static final float FLOAT_FORTY = 40.0f;
    public static final float FLOAT_FOURTEEN_HUNDREDTH = 0.14f;
    public static final float FLOAT_FOUR_HUNDRED_EIGHTY = 480.0f;
    public static final float FLOAT_FOUR_HUNDRED_NINETY = 490.0f;
    public static final float FLOAT_FOUR_TENTH = 0.4f;
    public static final float FLOAT_NINE = 9.0f;
    public static final float FLOAT_NINETY = 90.0f;
    public static final float FLOAT_NINETY_EIGHT_HUNDREDTH = 0.98f;
    public static final float FLOAT_NINETY_NINE_HUNDREDTH = 0.99f;
    public static final float FLOAT_NINE_HUNDREDTH = 0.09f;
    public static final float FLOAT_ONE_DOT_TWO_TENTH = 1.2f;
    public static final float FLOAT_ONE_HUNDRED = 100.0f;
    public static final float FLOAT_ONE_HUNDREDTH = 0.01f;
    public static final float FLOAT_ONE_HUNDRED_NINETY_FIVE = 195.0f;
    public static final float FLOAT_ONE_TENTH = 0.1f;
    public static final float FLOAT_SEVENTY = 70.0f;
    public static final float FLOAT_SEVEN_HUNDREDTH = 0.07f;
    public static final float FLOAT_SIX_HUNDREDTH = 0.06f;
    public static final float FLOAT_SIX = 6.0f;
    public static final float FLOAT_SIXTEEN = 16.0f;
    public static final float FLOAT_TEN = 10.0f;
    public static final float FLOAT_THIRTY = 30.0f;
    public static final float FLOAT_THREE_HUNDRED = 300.0f;
    public static final float FLOAT_THREE_TENTH = 0.3f;
    public static final float FLOAT_TWELVE = 12.0f;
    public static final float FLOAT_TWENTY = 20.0f;
    public static final float FLOAT_TWENTY_FIVE = 25.0f;
    public static final float FLOAT_TWENTY_FIVE_THOUSANDTH = 0.0025f;
    public static final float FLOAT_TWO = 2.0f;
    public static final float FLOAT_TWO_HUNDREDTH = 0.02f;
    public static final float FLOAT_TWO_TENTH = 0.2f;

    public static final int INT_EIGHT = 8;
    public static final int INT_ELEVEN = 11;
    public static final int INT_FIFTEEN = 15;
    public static final int INT_FIFTY = 50;
    public static final int INT_FIVE = 5;
    public static final int INT_FORTY = 40;
    public static final int INT_FOUR = 4;
    public static final int INT_FOURTEEN = 14;
    public static final int INT_NINE = 9;
    public static final int INT_NINETEEN_HUNDRED = 1900;
    public static final int INT_ONE_HUNDRED = 100;
    public static final int INT_ONE_HUNDRED_FIFTY_SEVEN = 157;
    public static final int INT_ONE_THOUSAND = 1000;
    public static final int INT_ONE_THOUSAND_EIGHT = 1008;
    public static final int INT_ONE_THOUSAND_ELEVEN = 1011;
    public static final int INT_ONE_THOUSAND_FIVE = 1005;
    public static final int INT_ONE_THOUSAND_FOUR = 1004;
    public static final int INT_ONE_THOUSAND_NINE = 1009;
    public static final int INT_ONE_THOUSAND_SEVEN = 1007;
    public static final int INT_ONE_THOUSAND_SIX = 1006;
    public static final int INT_ONE_THOUSAND_THIRTEEN = 1013;
    public static final int INT_ONE_THOUSAND_THIRTY_FIVE = 1035;
    public static final int INT_ONE_THOUSAND_THIRTY_FOUR = 1034;
    public static final int INT_ONE_THOUSAND_THREE = 1003;
    public static final int INT_ONE_THOUSAND_TWELVE = 1012;
    public static final int INT_ONE_THOUSAND_TWO = 1002;
    public static final int INT_SEVEN = 7;
    public static final int INT_SIX = 6;
    public static final int INT_SIXTEEN = 16;
    public static final int INT_SIXTY_THREE = 63;
    public static final int INT_TEN = 10;
    public static final int INT_THIRTEEN = 13;
    public static final int INT_THIRTY = 30;
    public static final int INT_THIRTY_EIGHT = 38;
    public static final int INT_THIRTY_ONE = 31;
    public static final int INT_TWENTY_FIVE = 25;
    public static final int INT_THREE = 3;
    public static final int INT_THREE_HUNDRED_SIXTY_FIVE = 365;
    public static final int INT_TWELVE = 12;
    public static final int INT_TWENTY = 20;
    public static final int INT_TWENTY_FOUR = 24;
    public static final int INT_TWO = 2;
    public static final int INT_TWO_HUNDRED = 200;
    public static final int INT_TWO_HUNDRED_SEVENTY = 270;

    public static final long LONG_ONE = 1L;
    public static final long LONG_SEVEN = 7L;
    public static final long LONG_TWO = 2L;

It was indeed a LONG_ONE for Jonas. But at least he didn't need to float "0ne" hundred and fifty constants, just a little less than INT_ONE_HUNDRED.

Remy Porter

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