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Comment your code. Problem solved.
And decent variable names if you can, as well.
No magic numbers!
WYM, I can't just name my functions
foo()and my variables single letters? /s$retValand$itemare my personal favourite.Make sure to remember to update your comments too, otherwise it causes even more confusion when something works differently than it says it does.
That happened to me multiple times...