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  • D Dalek Dave

    You have just performed floccinaucinihilipilification!

    ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave

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    Lost User
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    Dalek Dave wrote:

    floccinaucinihilipilification

    If that's the answer, what was the CCC

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    • D Dalek Dave

      You have just performed floccinaucinihilipilification!

      ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave

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      Gary Wheeler
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      Will my palms grow hair because of it?

      Software Zen: delete this;

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      • L Luc Pattyn

        that is not worthless at all, I tend to put some END statement in all my files, be it code sources or text documents. In documents, I usually put "End Of Document" or "EOD"; in source files "// EOF" It tells you you've got all of it, nothing got lost while copying, transmitting, or whatever it is these files have to go through. I must admit I don't do it for C# files as they have a namespace with curly brackets, so you can't have a partial file and not notice, at least as long as you only put one namespace statement in a file. EOM

        Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum

        Please use <PRE> tags for code snippets, they preserve indentation, and improve readability.

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        Gary Wheeler
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        That may have been a good idea in the punch card era, but I haven't worried about that sort of thing in almost 30 years. Besides, given the programmer involved, I know that wasn't the intent. I'm not sure what it was, but that wasn't it.

        Software Zen: delete this;

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        • G Gary Wheeler

          That may have been a good idea in the punch card era, but I haven't worried about that sort of thing in almost 30 years. Besides, given the programmer involved, I know that wasn't the intent. I'm not sure what it was, but that wasn't it.

          Software Zen: delete this;

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          Lost User
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          Perverseness?

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          • G Gary Wheeler

            ///////////////////////////////End/////////////////////////////

            Found at the end of a source file :sigh:.

            Software Zen: delete this;

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            Dave Parker
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            hmm, I've actually used "delete this" before, in C++, is that bad? ;P

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            • D Dave Parker

              hmm, I've actually used "delete this" before, in C++, is that bad? ;P

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              Gary Wheeler
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              Not if you know what you're doing.

              Software Zen: delete this;

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              • L Lost User

                Perverseness?

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                Gary Wheeler
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                That ascribes a reasoned motive for the comment.

                Software Zen: delete this;

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                • G Gary Wheeler

                  ///////////////////////////////End/////////////////////////////

                  Found at the end of a source file :sigh:.

                  Software Zen: delete this;

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                  Super Lloyd
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                  how about?

                  // enumerating i from 0 to 10 (Lloyd 29 07 2010)
                  for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
                  {
                  // printing i to the console (Lloyd 29 07 2010)
                  Console.WriteLine(i);
                  // TODO should do something more useful later (Lloyd 29 07 2010)
                  }

                  A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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                  • S Super Lloyd

                    how about?

                    // enumerating i from 0 to 10 (Lloyd 29 07 2010)
                    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
                    {
                    // printing i to the console (Lloyd 29 07 2010)
                    Console.WriteLine(i);
                    // TODO should do something more useful later (Lloyd 29 07 2010)
                    }

                    A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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                    Gary Wheeler
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                    At least those comments describe what the code is doing.

                    Software Zen: delete this;

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                    • G Gary Wheeler

                      At least those comments describe what the code is doing.

                      Software Zen: delete this;

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                      Lost User
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                      Are you saying that the code isn't ending at the ////////////////END/////////////// ?

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                      • S Super Lloyd

                        how about?

                        // enumerating i from 0 to 10 (Lloyd 29 07 2010)
                        for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
                        {
                        // printing i to the console (Lloyd 29 07 2010)
                        Console.WriteLine(i);
                        // TODO should do something more useful later (Lloyd 29 07 2010)
                        }

                        A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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                        Peter Mulholland
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                        Super Lloyd wrote:

                        // enumerating i from 0 to 10 (Lloyd 29 07 2010) for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)

                        Your comments are not accurate. You are enumerating from 0 to 9!

                        Pete

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                        • L Lost User

                          Are you saying that the code isn't ending at the ////////////////END/////////////// ?

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                          Gary Wheeler
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                          I personally don't find it necessary to worry that my editor is going to somehow 'fall off the end' of a file, and mark that end with a comment. That's like wearing a seat belt in your desk chair, because you're worried that the Earth's gravity might fail.

                          Software Zen: delete this;

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                          • P Peter Mulholland

                            Super Lloyd wrote:

                            // enumerating i from 0 to 10 (Lloyd 29 07 2010) for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)

                            Your comments are not accurate. You are enumerating from 0 to 9!

                            Pete

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                            Super Lloyd
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                            Oops! :-O

                            A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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                            • S Super Lloyd

                              how about?

                              // enumerating i from 0 to 10 (Lloyd 29 07 2010)
                              for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
                              {
                              // printing i to the console (Lloyd 29 07 2010)
                              Console.WriteLine(i);
                              // TODO should do something more useful later (Lloyd 29 07 2010)
                              }

                              A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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                              OriginalGriff
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                              Super Lloyd wrote:

                              // TODO should do something more useful later (Lloyd 29 07 2010)

                              That one is actually useful - it triggers Visual Studio to add it to the Tasks List. Visual Studio Tasks List[^]

                              Did you know: That by counting the rings on a tree trunk, you can tell how many other trees it has slept with.

                              "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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                              • S Super Lloyd

                                how about?

                                // enumerating i from 0 to 10 (Lloyd 29 07 2010)
                                for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
                                {
                                // printing i to the console (Lloyd 29 07 2010)
                                Console.WriteLine(i);
                                // TODO should do something more useful later (Lloyd 29 07 2010)
                                }

                                A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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                                LloydA111
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                                I should really stop writing such pointless comments :-O


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                                • D Dalek Dave

                                  You have just performed floccinaucinihilipilification!

                                  ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave

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                                  cptKoala
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                                  somehow your post has no value to this thread :-\

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                                  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                    Super Lloyd wrote:

                                    // TODO should do something more useful later (Lloyd 29 07 2010)

                                    That one is actually useful - it triggers Visual Studio to add it to the Tasks List. Visual Studio Tasks List[^]

                                    Did you know: That by counting the rings on a tree trunk, you can tell how many other trees it has slept with.

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                                    Dan Neely
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                                    UNless it's changed in 2k10 I don't think the task list is particularly useful outside of VB because of non-overridable language specific behavior. In VB it shows all the TODOs in the solution. In C# it shows all the TODOs in open files. In C++ it shows all the TODOs in the file being edited. The latter two are near useless in larger projects. Instead I litter my .cs files with #warning TODO blah... lines.

                                    3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

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                                    • G Gary Wheeler

                                      ///////////////////////////////End/////////////////////////////

                                      Found at the end of a source file :sigh:.

                                      Software Zen: delete this;

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                                      Sandesh M Patil
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                                      I think it is ok

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                                      • G Gary Wheeler

                                        ///////////////////////////////End/////////////////////////////

                                        Found at the end of a source file :sigh:.

                                        Software Zen: delete this;

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                                        Mark_Wallace
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                                        If you wait five seconds, the credits will scroll past too fast to read.

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                                        • L LloydA111

                                          I should really stop writing such pointless comments :-O


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                                          Super Lloyd
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                                          Hehe, yes you should! :laugh:

                                          A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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