[erlang-questions] If you are homesick for object.selector

[Evan Miller]

On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 7:18 AM, Robert Virding
<robert.virding@REDACTED> wrote:
> There was an even better one mentioned in the test:
>
> if(hasrating)
> {
>     thechkbox = currRating[0].parentElement.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement.children(2).children(0).children(0)
>     thechkbox.disabled = false;
> }
>
> :-)
>

>From my understanding of the Law of Demeter, a proper rewrite would look like:

if (hasrating)
{
   thechkbox = currRating[0].firstChildOfFirstChildOfThirdChildOfParentOfParentOfParentOfParentOfParentOfParent();
   thechkbox.disabled = false;
}

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Evan Miller
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