Cohesion Categrory - Coincidental

Cohesion Categories

Coincidental

The module performs more than one function, and these are unrelated.

Example

a = b + c

get card

put output

if b=4, then e = 0

Advantages

Might factor together a recurring instruction pattern into a single module.

Disadvantages

	Low strength because the module is composed of the elements of a number of modules.
	Difficult to maintain because:

	Module contains the elements of more than one function.
	Functional changes require changing a number of modules.

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