tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5993074704535120230.post9033830840646502061..comments2014-01-03T17:22:31.355-08:00Comments on Random bits of foo: Wow this one takes the cake.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02595867288580221282noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5993074704535120230.post-69021088343076467472010-01-20T12:26:17.313-08:002010-01-20T12:26:17.313-08:00Look closely Mel where is the get part of the prop...Look closely Mel where is the get part of the property. It is a write only prop and there is no requirement for the Xml it is only used in that one place.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02595867288580221282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5993074704535120230.post-55135961383521524762010-01-20T12:22:50.163-08:002010-01-20T12:22:50.163-08:00Maybe he had to modify the class to fulfill some p...Maybe he had to modify the class to fulfill some pre-existing role that called for a property called XML. And rather than re-write all that existing code he just slapped it in there and had it direct to the actual property that mattered. <br /><br />Or maybe he was just an idiot.Melhttp://mel-green.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5993074704535120230.post-30719239677647332982010-01-20T12:15:48.869-08:002010-01-20T12:15:48.869-08:00Written from scratch in c# and he might have had a...Written from scratch in c# and he might have had a deadline but it would have been easier to just say this.Address and not build yet another property in the code base that can only be set and never accessed.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02595867288580221282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5993074704535120230.post-90176491024029851752010-01-20T12:14:22.895-08:002010-01-20T12:14:22.895-08:00Maybe it's some kind of legacy mutation. Or m...Maybe it's some kind of legacy mutation. Or maybe he was given a deadline similar to the one CFx gave you along with a similar existing code base.Ishpeckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06825418921052334722noreply@blogger.com