> If a factor was properly isolated you shouldn't have to do that one again.
This assumes that later code changes don't undo/blur the factoring, which while ideal is not at all consistently the case in the real world.
Refactoring is a little over arrow of a name, because code hygiene is more than just isolating factors, but the “re” part is right because you are always aiming to remove infelicities that were actively added in previous coding.
This assumes that later code changes don't undo/blur the factoring, which while ideal is not at all consistently the case in the real world.
Refactoring is a little over arrow of a name, because code hygiene is more than just isolating factors, but the “re” part is right because you are always aiming to remove infelicities that were actively added in previous coding.