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- From: aaronf@fc.sde.hp.com (Aaron Friesen)
- Subject: Re: Complexity metrics: Beyond McCabe.
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- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 04:58:24 GMT
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- Paul Johnson (paj@uk.co.gec-mrc) wrote:
- : Should a metric like this take numbers of variables into account?
- : Assignment statements? If I take a chunk of code and put it into a
- : function, inserting a function call in its place, have I increased
- : complexity, decreased it or not affected it?
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- Halstead metrics deal with various things such as variables,
- assignment statements and such. It has been too many years since
- I examined any of his work, but that might give you a starting
- point or possibly jog someone else's memory on the subject.
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- Aaron
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