I feel so dirty

[Gary Wheeler]

I just used #define in a C# application for the first time :-O. I've been told to change a feature that I'm reasonably certain will revert to the original behavior before release, so this lets me switch easily. Sigh.

Software Zen: delete this;

[CPallini]

Gary Wheeler wrote:

I just coded used #define in a C# application for the first time.

FFY. :)

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[Keith Barrow]

I've been teaching VB for weeks. X|

Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]

[Nagy Vilmos]

Gary Wheeler wrote:

I feel so dirty

@55 seconds[^]

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[Arindam Tewary]

You must be carrying your C/CPP habbit!! That happens :)

Thanks, Arindam D Tewary

[realJSOP]

I do that all the time when I'm testing alternatives to prior code blocks. That way, I can always revert back to what was working if things go completely sideways on me.

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[Dan Neely]

Gary Wheeler wrote:

I've been told to change a feature that I'm reasonably certain will revert to the original behavior before release, so this lets me switch easily. Sigh.

Isn't this what source control is for? :confused:

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

[Gary Wheeler]

No, because other parts of this piece of code are evolving. I'm using the #define to preserve the original behavior, while allowing me to update the rest of the class. If this was a change in a single location, I would just comment-out the code and be done with it. Unfortunately, it requires a change in several places, so the #define was the better solution.

Software Zen: delete this;

[Gary Wheeler]

Actually not. I've been developing in C# for two years now.

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[leppie]

I just love littering my code base with:

Console.Writeline(
#if DEBUG
"Foo"
#else
"Bar"
#endif
);

((λ (x) `(,x ',x)) '(λ (x) `(,x ',x)))

[PIEBALDconsult]

Welcome to the dark side.

[Dr Walt Fair PE]

I don't see what the problem with that might be, as long as it isn't over done. I use it all the time to keep the source code for my Commercial, Demo and Student versions organized.

CQ de W5ALT

Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software

[AspDotNetDev]

If it's code that can be tossed into a few methods, I like this type of solution.

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[Gary Wheeler]

Very interesting; thanks for the link!

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