Nullable types??
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When there's an R in the month.
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bool areNullablesGood = ("the month".indexOf('R') >= 0); Well, that answers that.
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I'd reply, but I'm in the middle of an access violation...
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Jim Crafton wrote:
but I'm in the middle of an access violation...
Don't want to know. Don't want to know. Don't want to know. :-D
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bool areNullablesGood = ("the month".indexOf('R') >= 0); Well, that answers that.
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Jim Crafton wrote:
but I'm in the middle of an access violation...
Don't want to know. Don't want to know. Don't want to know. :-D
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Bad Astronomy |VCF|wxWidgets|WTLSounds like you're suffering from a stack overflow?
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but he did not specify whether having the R is good or not ;P
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They are good when you need a nullable type. Or, when you need compatibility with other platforms (while designing web services contracts, for example).
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Nullable or Not. That is the question. Are they good or are they bad? What are YOUR thoughts?
Bardy85 wrote:
Are they good or are they bad?
Neither. You use the correct tool for the job. Nullable types are just another tool in the toolbox. They serve a specific surpose. I don't qualify them as "good" or "bad".
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Sounds like you're suffering from a stack overflow?
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Jim Crafton wrote:
Sounds like you're suffering from a stack overflow?
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Bad Astronomy |VCF|wxWidgets|WTLmodified on Monday, August 3, 2009 11:54 AM
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Bardy85 wrote:
Are they good or are they bad?
Neither. You use the correct tool for the job. Nullable types are just another tool in the toolbox. They serve a specific surpose. I don't qualify them as "good" or "bad".
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But no longer in 2009...True. What ever is best for the job. Simple. easy. For some reason when I code, I sit for hours wasting time, trying to find the best way foward. I know there are always a handfull of ways to accomplish a given task. I'm just trying to find the "best",most effecient,simplest solution. Maybe that it. Time. Every ms counts. Oh well. Think it's just monday driving me up the wall. Thanks anyway.
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I'd reply, but I'm in the middle of an access violation...
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Are you violating MS Access? :rolleyes:
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Nullable or Not. That is the question. Are they good or are they bad? What are YOUR thoughts?
Once I met one that was really, really bad... :rolleyes:
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bool areNullablesGood = ("the month".indexOf('R') >= 0); Well, that answers that.
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Ian Shlasko wrote:
bool areNullablesGood = ("the month".indexOf('R') >= 0);
That seems pretty close to the truth, as (1) months have at most one capital letter (never an R), (2) and "the month" has none. :)
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Are you violating MS Access? :rolleyes:
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True. What ever is best for the job. Simple. easy. For some reason when I code, I sit for hours wasting time, trying to find the best way foward. I know there are always a handfull of ways to accomplish a given task. I'm just trying to find the "best",most effecient,simplest solution. Maybe that it. Time. Every ms counts. Oh well. Think it's just monday driving me up the wall. Thanks anyway.
Don't use them when you don't have to. Every time you call an API expecting a non nullable value you'll have to do validation/conversion of your nullables.
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Nullable or Not. That is the question. Are they good or are they bad? What are YOUR thoughts?
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Nullable or Not. That is the question. Are they good or are they bad? What are YOUR thoughts?
Useless, because there's no mapping of a nullable type to an object with value DBNull.Value. Marc
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Nullable or Not. That is the question. Are they good or are they bad? What are YOUR thoughts?
Given that the inventor of null calls it his "billion dollar mistake[^]", I think it's safe to say null references are bad. Or did you mean
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Nullable or Not. That is the question. Are they good or are they bad? What are YOUR thoughts?
I usually use them in conjunction with a database and linq. But I don't see why they can't be used whenever the need arises. http://qconlondon.com/london-2009/presentation/Null+References:+The+Billion+Dollar+Mistake[^]
Todd Smith
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Well, all value types are non-nullable by default. You can make them nullable by wrapping them in a class. This is done automatically in .NET with the "?" operator.
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Well, all value types are non-nullable by default. You can make them nullable by wrapping them in a class. This is done automatically in .NET with the "?" operator.
If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Photos/CP Flickr Group - ScrewTurn Wiki
Yeah... And boy is that not slick. :rolleyes: ("Yay!" i thought to myself, upon hearing of this for the first time... "Now i can write generic code that treats value types and reference types the same!" The gods of .NET proceeded to laugh heartily at my naivete...)
