Hardcoded File Placement Logic

} else { create_directory(current, NULL, name); break; default: sscanf(input, "%u %15s", &size, name); File *new_file = create_file(name, size); // I give up so I hardcoded this part if (!current->file) { current->file = new_file; } else if (!current->file->next) { current->file->next = new_file; } else if (!current->file->next->next) { current->file->next->next = new_file; } else if (!current->file->next->next->next) { current->file->next->next->next = new_file; } else if (!current->file->next->next->next->next) { current->file->next->next->next->next = new_file; } else if (!current->file->next->next->next->next->next) { current->file->next->next->next->next->next = new_file; } else if (!current->file->next->next->next->next->next->next) { current->file->next->next->next->next->next->next = new_file; } else if (!current->file->next->next->next->next->next->next->next) { current->file->next->next->next->next->next->next->next = new_file; } else if (!current->file->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next) { current->file->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next = new_file; } else if (!current->file->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next) { current->file->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next = new_file; } else if (!current->file->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next) { current->file->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next = new_file; } else if (!current->file->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next) { current->file->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next = new_file; } else { fprintf(stderr, "Too many files in directory %s.\n", current->name); } break;

A laptop screen shows C code in Visual Studio Code that manually checks a file linked list one node at a time, repeatedly appending `->next`. The comment says “I give up so I hardcoded this part,” making fun of an overcomplicated, desperate workaround instead of using a proper loop or data structure traversal. It is used as a reaction to hilariously poor or hastily hardcoded programming.

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