StatementNestingDepth.qhelp

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<overview>
<p>
This metric measures the maximum nesting depth in a file. This includes nested branch and loop statements, but not blocks.
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<p>
Deep nesting makes code very difficult to read and modify, and is also a sign that a function/class has lost cohesion
(i.e. is doing too many unrelated things). Try to keep nesting depth below 7 levels.
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<recommendation>
<p>Reduce the nesting in the file by putting the code in the inner loops/branches in separate functions.</p>

</recommendation>
<references>

<li>
  M. Fowler. <em>Refactoring</em>. Addison-Wesley, 1999.
</li>
<li>
  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_refactoring">Wikipedia: Code refactoring</a>
</li>
<li>
  <a href="http://www.jot.fm/issues/issue_2005_01/column1/">Refactoring as Meta Programming?</a>
</li>

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