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minus-squaresnowe@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down1·2 years agoThey’re setting a variable to a function. Just use the original function. All thief does is obfuscate for literally no gain except character count.
minus-squarePlatypus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 years agoI presumed it to be a standin for just directly using Math.max, since there’s no nice way to show that in a valid code snippet
minus-squaresnowe@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agowell it’s called Thief. They’re stealing the function and making it look like they wrote it. hence max1.
They’re setting a variable to a function. Just use the original function. All thief does is obfuscate for literally no gain except character count.
I presumed it to be a standin for just directly using Math.max, since there’s no nice way to show that in a valid code snippet
well it’s called Thief. They’re stealing the function and making it look like they wrote it. hence
max1.Yeah, that’s my reading as well.
Sounds good to me