# Code Smell 44 -  Magic Corrections

*Compilers are smarter than us. On a Friday night production deploy they betray us.*

# Problems

- Fail Fast

- Declarativeness

- Ambiguity

# Solutions

1. Fail Fast

2. Do not trust magic coercion.

3. Be Explicit

# Examples

- Type Casting

# Sample Code

## Wrong

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## Right

%[https://gist.github.com/mcsee/4daf2c3a710dfe5b647ec871d1d10ca8]

# Detection

Many of this vicious are encouraged by languages themselves. 

We should be very declarative and explicit and don't abuse language accidental magic solutions.
 
# Tags

- Declarative

- Smart

# Conclusion

Programmers pretend to be smart by exploiting language features.

They feel they belong to *community standards* that enforce bad behaviors like a sect.

# Relations

%[https://maximilianocontieri.com/code-smell-06-too-clever-programmer]

# More Info

%[https://maximilianocontieri.com/fail-fast]

# Credits

Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@senor_sosa">Senor Sosa</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/hacker">Unsplash</a>

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> Hackers are arrogant geek romantics. They lack the attentive spirit of inquiry.     

_Bruce Sterling_

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This article is part of the CodeSmell Series.

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