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Another engineer will maintain this code later. What choice helps the most around readability tradeoffs?

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Solve the symptom with comments only and avoid changing the code shape around readability tradeoffs.Delay clarity until production traffic reveals the edge case and then patch it under pressure.Make the rule obvious in names, flow, and boundaries so the next reader does not have to reverse-engineer your intent.Keep readability tradeoffs implicit so the script stays short and hope the next engineer infers the rule.

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C. Make the rule obvious in names, flow, and boundaries so the next reader does not have to reverse-engineer your intent.

Why

Maintainability comes from explicit intent. Interviewers remember candidates who choose maintainability over unnecessary cleverness.

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