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Why don't programming languages or IDEs support attaching descriptive metadata to variables?
Why don’t programming languages or IDEs support attaching descriptive metadata to variables?.
As developers, we often face the challenge of balancing meaningful variable names with code readability. Long, descriptive names can make code harder to read, while short names may lack context. For
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