Don't make decisions across different levels of abstraction

example.md

instead of

if (use_alternate_frob_strategy) {
  bloo_counter += 1;
}

do

if (use_alternate_frob_strategy) {
  convert_bloos_to_frobs = true;
  dispose_bloos = true;
  count_bloos = true;
}

[...]

if (count_bloos) {
  bloo_counter += 1;
}

advantages:

• each part of the code is individually a lot more obvious
• the whole meaning of use_alternate_frob_strategy is a lot clearer

disadvantage:

• larger disconnect between cause and effect; more code reading required to understand why bloo_counter is being modified