Anonymous Methods and Types
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I agree completely. Clarity and simplicity always win the day over slightly more verbose code in my mind. In my first job many years ago I wrote a line of C++ code which took up about 4 lines. I used all the clever things you could do, assignments as expressions, ternary operators and such and marveled at how much I'd managed to fit between semicolons. My boss didn't like it though and taught me the most important lesson I've adhered to ever since - to make everything as clear and simple as possible. If only everyone else would choose simplicity over elegance or cleverness life would be much, much easier.
Regards, Rob Philpott.
With few exceptions, clear, simple code optimizes much better than convoluted "fancy" code. C# is no different.
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Apart from LINQ- WHY???? It makes for messy code and harder to maintain code. At least that's all I've seen so far. any thoughts on the opposite?
Weight loss Target Weight at start [1/Feb/2009] 127kg Weight now [17/Feb/2010] 97.5kg Target weight : 80kg Only 17.5 to go hope to be there by July Wish me luck!
On the other hand, if it's such a problem to you, maybe you're in the wrong business?
-- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit
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Apart from LINQ- WHY???? It makes for messy code and harder to maintain code. At least that's all I've seen so far. any thoughts on the opposite?
Weight loss Target Weight at start [1/Feb/2009] 127kg Weight now [17/Feb/2010] 97.5kg Target weight : 80kg Only 17.5 to go hope to be there by July Wish me luck!
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hopingToCode wrote:
Weight at start [1/Feb/2009] 127kg Weight now [17/Feb/2010] 97.5kg Target weight : 80kg
Pretty impressive! How long did that take? brain fart. Just noticed you've mentioned the time taken too. :-O I might put myself on a muscle gain program. Best arm size from the past = 18 inches, relaxed. Current size after 3 years of rest for the back injury to heal = 14.2 inches. Target = old size. Going to take ages. :( BTW, I think that an arc trainer could possibly be the best calorie burning machine. I burned 200 calories in 10 minutes this evening. :)
“Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell
How about doing some proper exercise :-)[^] Seriously though, do a summer's worth (i.e. a few training expeditions and then the main thing) and you'll see how quickly you become fit lugging a 50lbs rucksack around the mountains. You're expected to (as a 16 yro kid) eat a minimum of 3,500-4,500 calories per day just to keep going (you'll probably lose a bit of wait even with eating that much, I did).
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How about doing some proper exercise :-)[^] Seriously though, do a summer's worth (i.e. a few training expeditions and then the main thing) and you'll see how quickly you become fit lugging a 50lbs rucksack around the mountains. You're expected to (as a 16 yro kid) eat a minimum of 3,500-4,500 calories per day just to keep going (you'll probably lose a bit of wait even with eating that much, I did).
Thanks, I could try that some time. :)
“Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell
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Hope you will get back in shape shortly.
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Thank you. :)
“Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell
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Only one place I use var, aside from LINQ...
var something = new This.Really.Long.Namespace.Definition.Wastes.Lots_Of.Space.AndMakes.TheCode.Look.Sloppy();Only when it's all together like this, so there's no question what type the variable is. (Obviously, if I was using this several times in the same code file, I'd shorten it with 'using' instead, but not for a one-off) As for anonymous methods... They're great in LINQ, whether in the LINQ syntax or just the LINQ extensions (ListOfStuff.Select(a=>a.Name).OrderBy(a=>a.SubString(2));)... I might use them on occasion for a quick event handler, but only for trivially-simple ones... It makes for clean-looking code, but it's a bit counter-intuitive, because you have to remember that the anonymous method won't necessarily be executed there and then.Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel)Ian Shlasko wrote:
Only one place I use var
varhas very little to to with anonymous types[^]. In your example, it just declares a reference to the actual anonymous type.Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time - Bertrand Russel
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Apart from LINQ- WHY???? It makes for messy code and harder to maintain code. At least that's all I've seen so far. any thoughts on the opposite?
Weight loss Target Weight at start [1/Feb/2009] 127kg Weight now [17/Feb/2010] 97.5kg Target weight : 80kg Only 17.5 to go hope to be there by July Wish me luck!
Just look for FP (or functional programming) themes/books/articles/hypes/whatever ... and you will see that those are THE BEST feature we got in the last couple of years - I combination with closure caps and generics you can finally say that FP made it mainstream (and with F#, Clojure, etc. you can see that many people are very happy about this). I'm using anon. methods almost everywhere (who said "if you have a hammer every problem looks like a nail!"?) I hide variables in closures, I use those for "lazy"-support etc. pp Greetings, Carsten
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Apart from LINQ- WHY???? It makes for messy code and harder to maintain code. At least that's all I've seen so far. any thoughts on the opposite?
Weight loss Target Weight at start [1/Feb/2009] 127kg Weight now [17/Feb/2010] 97.5kg Target weight : 80kg Only 17.5 to go hope to be there by July Wish me luck!
I use them as a shorthand return object from web service calls from script (they get serialized into JSON anyway).
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Apart from LINQ- WHY???? It makes for messy code and harder to maintain code. At least that's all I've seen so far. any thoughts on the opposite?
Weight loss Target Weight at start [1/Feb/2009] 127kg Weight now [17/Feb/2010] 97.5kg Target weight : 80kg Only 17.5 to go hope to be there by July Wish me luck!
Here is a Professor's take on it: - Generally we want to create re-usable types, perfect their interfaces, implementation of interfaces and ensure they are robust. Obviously anonymous types can not be used here. - However, quite often we have a need for a type that is very specific to the task at hand and will not be reused. Anonymous types can be used here and do allow better readability in that the code (delegate or type definition) is where the use of it is. Of course I tell my class that these were really required for LINQ.
Roger A. Crawfis Associate Professor Computer Science & Engineering The Ohio State University