gerrywastaken
/ BsTester.php
Created
October 17, 2011 16:11
A simple class to illustrate the inaccuracy of an answer on StackOverflow which has currently been upvoted by at least 23 "programmers" without a single one noticing this incorrect statement.
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| /** | |
| * Just a simple demonstration after seeing an answer on StackOverflow relating to code auditing which despite | |
| * gathering the most votes by far (currently 23) includes the following clearly inaccurate statement without | |
| * a single comment pointing out the inaccurate claim. | |
| * | |
| * ======================================================================================================== | |
| * Quote from the current top answer on http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4273244/auditing-a-php-codebase: | |
| * ======================================================================================================== | |
| * Accidental Assignment — More often than not, you'll see this happen in some non-critical component of the | |
| * code, where it can sleep and/or lurk until you get an unexpected result one day: if ($foo = $this->bar()). |
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