Is there a name for this anti-pattern/code smell?

Question

Let me start by saying that I do not advocate this approach, but I saw it recently and I was wondering if there was a name for it I could use to point the guilty party to. So h

Answer 1

Debates about smells and anti-patterns remind me the "Survivor" TV shows, where you have various programming constructs trying to vote each other off the island. I'd prefer to see "construct X has such-and-so pros and cons", rather than a continually evolving list of edicts of what should and should not be done.