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====== Smell ======
===== Meaning 1 =====

==== Alternative Terms ====
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==== Definition ====
A **smell** is either an [[anti-pattern]] or a symptom which hints that there might be a deeper problem in the code or in the design.


==== Description ====
  * An anti-pattern is a smell if it manifests somewhere in the code.
    * [[anti-patterns:Copy and Paste Programming]] is a methodological anti-pattern but not a code smell as it does not directly manifest in the code. [[anti-patterns:Duplicated Code]] is the corresponding smell (and also an anti-pattern).
    * [[glossary:Shotgun Surgery]] is a code smell which is rather a symptom than an anti-pattern.
  * There are smells on different levels of abstraction: code smells and design smells


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==== Alternative Definitions ====
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===== Other Meanings =====
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===== Discussion =====

Discuss this wiki article and the term on the corresponding [[talk:glossary:Smell|talk page]].