What Is Cyclomatic Complexity?
Cyclomatic complexity counts the independent paths through a function. It is the most widely used code metric and the most widely misused - useful as a smoke alarm, useless as a target.
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Clear tag filterCyclomatic complexity counts the independent paths through a function. It is the most widely used code metric and the most widely misused - useful as a smoke alarm, useless as a target.
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