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  • A Aamir Butt

    Norm .net wrote:

    wow you needed a ton of code to do a small task

    Check the section "Master Programmer" in this link. :)[^]

    A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God

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    NormDroid
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    Oh that brings back memories, and forgetting idl files :)

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    • W W Balboos GHB

      Possibly a font-problem on your end? It looks roughly like: W**.'.** Balboos - the three punctuation-like characters being the HTML character code: & there4; (space put in after & so it doesn't render)

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      Nagy Vilmos
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      Not your name, your sig:

      W∴ Balboos wrote:

      Possibly a font-problem on your end?
       
      It looks roughly like: W**.'.** Balboos - the three punctuation-like characters being the HTML character code: & there4; (space put in after & so it doesn't render)

      "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

      "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert

      "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

      There's a lot of white space...


      Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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      • N NormDroid

        It's a debate, not a question.

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        Nagy Vilmos
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        To be or not to be.? That is a question. :-D


        Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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        • N Nagy Vilmos

          To be or not to be.? That is a question. :-D


          Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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          NormDroid
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          Nope wrong, you've omitted the ? mark. ;)

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          • N NormDroid

            Nope wrong, you've omitted the ? mark. ;)

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            Nagy Vilmos
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            Did I?


            Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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            • N Nagy Vilmos

              Did I?


              Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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              NormDroid
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              The hand is quicker than the I eye.

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              • N NormDroid

                a. Throw back from C++ programming.

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                Quirkafleeg
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                Wrong - a is C-style casting, not C++

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                • Q Quirkafleeg

                  Wrong - a is C-style casting, not C++

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                  NormDroid
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                  Splitting hairs :)

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                  • N Nagy Vilmos

                    Norm .net wrote:

                    Good point.

                    Holy cr_p! I'm going to the pub, we'll see what comes out after lunch! :laugh:


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                    NormDroid
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                    :beer:

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                    • H hairy_hats

                      Which is exactly why this is more of a programming question than a "lifestyle choice" question.

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                      NormDroid
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                      I'd say more of a debate, but as we all know rules of the lounge, I'd say just go along with it and chill :)

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                      • N NormDroid

                        True, but you should know beforehand if the casting is correct.

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                        Fabio Franco
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                        If you do know something is not gonna be null, the cast is more efficient.

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                        • N NormDroid

                          For those using c#, what do you prefer? A.

                          SomeObject obj = (SomeObject) e;

                          or B.

                          SomeObject obj = e as SomeObject;

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                          Sahir Shah
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                          The second one sounds like some kind of hominid comrade Norm.

                          Und wenn du lange in einen abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein.

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                          • F Fabio Franco

                            If you do know something is not gonna be null, the cast is more efficient.

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                            NormDroid
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                            To add... and the cast is a qualified cast.

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                            • S Sahir Shah

                              The second one sounds like some kind of hominid comrade Norm.

                              Und wenn du lange in einen abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein.

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                              NormDroid
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                              Don't fancy seeing your code if you think b. looks like a great ape :rolleyes:

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                              • N NormDroid

                                For those using c#, what do you prefer? A.

                                SomeObject obj = (SomeObject) e;

                                or B.

                                SomeObject obj = e as SomeObject;

                                www.software-kinetics.co.uk Wear a hard hat it's under construction

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                                B. I don't like to rely on exceptions for normal processing (they are slow and clumsy for that), so you have to check for null.

                                SomeObject obj = e as SomeObject;
                                if (obj != null)
                                {
                                ...
                                }

                                While

                                if (e != null && e is SomeObject)
                                {
                                SomeObject obj = (SomeObject) e;
                                ...
                                }

                                looks ugly. Plus, if you are going to use obj as a SomeObject instance, then the former is quicker since there is only one check on the type of e

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                                • R Ravi Bhavnani

                                  It depends.  (A) will throw if the cast fails while (B) will evaluate to null if the cast fails.  I use both depending on how I intend to handle the casting failure. /ravi

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                                  jim lahey
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                                  I'm with Ravi on this one.I use both, the decision if which one to use is purely based upon what I need to happen should it go wrong

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                                  • N Nagy Vilmos

                                    Not your name, your sig:

                                    W∴ Balboos wrote:

                                    Possibly a font-problem on your end?
                                     
                                    It looks roughly like: W**.'.** Balboos - the three punctuation-like characters being the HTML character code: & there4; (space put in after & so it doesn't render)

                                    "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

                                    "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert

                                    "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

                                    There's a lot of white space...


                                    Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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                                    Sahir Shah
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                                    He's doin it on purpose to annoy you Senhor Vilmos. I thought you would have figured that out by now :D

                                    Und wenn du lange in einen abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein.

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                                    • N NormDroid

                                      For those using c#, what do you prefer? A.

                                      SomeObject obj = (SomeObject) e;

                                      or B.

                                      SomeObject obj = e as SomeObject;

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                                      Nemanja Trifunovic
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                                      It is not about preference. When I want an exception in case of type error I use A., and if I want a null I use B. I don't see a point of something like:

                                      SomeObj obj = e as SomeObject;
                                      if (obj == null)
                                      throw new InvalidCastException();

                                      Of course, in good languages casting is almost always a sign of a design error.

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                                      • R Richard A Dalton

                                        If an illegal cast is an exceptional (woah, that should never happen) situation, then (a) If there's a possibility that through normal use the cast might be invalid (e.g. Plug-in tpye code), then (b), followed by an If to check for Null. -Richard

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                                        PIEBALDconsult
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                                        Richard A. Dalton wrote:

                                        Plug-in tpye code

                                        I don't have such problems with plug-ins.

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                                        • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                          B. I don't like to rely on exceptions for normal processing (they are slow and clumsy for that), so you have to check for null.

                                          SomeObject obj = e as SomeObject;
                                          if (obj != null)
                                          {
                                          ...
                                          }

                                          While

                                          if (e != null && e is SomeObject)
                                          {
                                          SomeObject obj = (SomeObject) e;
                                          ...
                                          }

                                          looks ugly. Plus, if you are going to use obj as a SomeObject instance, then the former is quicker since there is only one check on the type of e

                                          Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."

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                                          OriginalGriff wrote:

                                          (they are slow and clumsy for that

                                          No they're not.

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