kangaroo code

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kangaroo code (uncountable)

  1. (programming, slang, rare) Poorly structured program code with many jumps.
    Hypernym: spaghetti code
    • 2016, J. F. DiMarzio, The Debugger's Handbook, page 25:
      Sometimes, especially when working on large projects or with multiple programmers, it can become hard to avoid kangaroo code, that is, code that jumps from function to function and even jumps around within the same class.