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Indeed, imagine if 'complex' was replaced with 'long' or 'poorly styled' or 'poorly documented' or any other negative feature we'd say "That's not a good reason to review - let's fix those problems so it is reviewable!" and this is no different.
– corsiKa
Commented Jun 29, 2016 at 9:22
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I'd also add that if the code can't be reviewed right now, it can't be maintained 6 months from now.....
– corsiKa
Commented Jun 29, 2016 at 9:23
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@corsiKa Why wait 6 months for it to be unmaintainable?
– krillgar
Commented Jun 29, 2016 at 11:59
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@krillgar It umm... doesn't... that's just a number I plucked off the top of my head to represent a period of time between when you set down the code and have to pick it up again... so, yeah...
– corsiKa
Commented Jun 29, 2016 at 15:43
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@krillgar: I write some "new code", I check it in, I go get lunch and when I get back, my "new code" has magically turned into "legacy code". How'd that happen? :)
– Eric Lippert
Commented Jun 29, 2016 at 17:17

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