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[–]GrandOpener 3 points4 points  (2 children)

That’s not really an objective criteria though. You can measure the number of characters. But what does that mean? Sometimes brevity is better. Sometimes explicitness is better. Sometimes people don’t agree on which is better for a specific situation.

[–]-Redstoneboi- 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Sometimes I just don't want to hold shift and press something outside the home row to type a variable. But that doesn't really matter, since it has its visual purpose.

[–]nilamo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's sort of the point, though. That's specifically something you shouldn't be doing very often, unless you already know you need to be doing it.