[infogulch]

I don't think that's quite right. E.g. if you do call a method, it's complexity is unknowable with only local context, so it can't be obvious. I would rewrite that to:

> Magic is when the run or space time complexity of code is misleading by its on-screen representation.

An apparent field access that is actually a method is misleading. Calling a method explicitly just directs you to check that method to know for sure.

[voidlogic]

I think we are on the same page.

[infogulch]

Yes, I'm just being pedantic about how you say it. :)