The previous lists can be found here and here.

1. // Apparently we have given up on using enums or arrays
   // or other products of common sense (On a side note…sOriginPoint?!?)
   const string DecodeBoolean(const bool bBoolean)
   {
   string sOriginPoint = (bBoolean) ? “TRUE” : “FALSE”;
   return sOriginPoint;
   }
2. // Whatever excuse is made to justify calling it, the answer is still “no”
   bool EnsureFunctionIsCalled()
   {
   bool bSuccess = true;
   return bSuccess;
   }
3. // I’m lost now, and I need GPS
   void LoadPreLoadMapForPostUnloadProcessStep(…)
4. // Well, yeah, it would only be one of them…but that still doesn’t explain what
   // a return value of ‘True’ means…
   const bool RealErrorOrNotError(string& sMessage)
5. // Personally, I like my programming to be a little more decisive
   void SetIsHashableIsMayBeHashable(string& sIsHashable)

Peter Bolton is the author of Blowing the Bridge: A Software Story and has also been known to be a grumpy bastard on occasion.