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On Sat, 6 Jan 2024 01:03:05 -0600, Randy Brukardt wrote:

> For writability, the less you have to write, the better.

I write code for readability, and I think avoiding repetition fits into 
that as well. Thus, factoring repeated sequences into a common function/
class, and just putting calls to that in all the relevant places, is, I 
find, generally a Good Thing.

Bugs seem to be measured per line of code. Therefore, fewer lines of code 
means fewer bugs overall.