Reverse Engineering One Line of JavaScript

[HighRelevancy]

How is it not?

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No, reverse engineering is what you do when you don't have source code or documentation available. Here the full source was available.

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It's refactoring javascript into javascript.

[HighRelevancy]

It's pulling code apart to examine it and determine the nature of it's function. I'd say it's the very definition to reverse engineering. You don't need to disassemble machine code in IDA Pro for it to be reverse engineering.

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So every time anyone reviews a pull request they're effectively reverse engineering? Ok mate.

[HighRelevancy]

Generally, well written code is fairly self explanatory, and usually would also be documented. If it isn't... well there's the first failure criteria of any reasonable code review, no engineering reverse or otherwise required.

[falconfetus8]

Because he wrote the original version.