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  • L leppie

    Reason for my 1 vote: There is nothing wrong with that. If you need to get the type, just hover over the 'var' in the IDE.

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

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    BobJanova
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    It's nice to be able to read the code without hovering the mouse over things. And one might not be in an IDE at the time.

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    • L leppie

      Reason for my 1 vote: There is nothing wrong with that. If you need to get the type, just hover over the 'var' in the IDE.

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

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      PIEBALDconsult
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      I can't hover over it when it's printed on a page, posted in a message here, displayed by someone else on a big screen in a meeting, etc.

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      • M Mario Majcica

        I'm so pissed of by var abusers. They do not understand that are making code unreadable, for what, writing var instead of string? Having the same problems in your company? ex.

        var metadataValues = new List<object>();
        foreach (var metadataDefName in metadataDefNames)
        {
        var name = metadataDefName;
        // Search definition with the same name.
        var metadata = metadataCollection.FirstOrDefault(
        metadataDef => String.Equals(metadataDef.MetaData.Name, name, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
        ...

        Cheers!

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        PIEBALDconsult
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        #35

        GAH! I don't need to see that when I first wake up in the morning! What were you thinking, man? Post it later in the day. :~ But I certainly agree with you.

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        • P PIEBALDconsult

          GAH! I don't need to see that when I first wake up in the morning! What were you thinking, man? Post it later in the day. :~ But I certainly agree with you.

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          Mario Majcica
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          #36

          Healing my frustrations here!

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          • H hairy_hats

            leppie wrote:

            I write the code exactly how I want it!

            So the bugs are deliberate?

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            leppie
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            #37

            viaducting wrote:

            So the bugs are deliberate?

            What bugs? ;P But in reality, I loathe typing, so I try code correctly the first time. I dont mind spending 90% of my time figuring out the entire solution mentally. You type less, and debug almost never :) Or maybe that is just how I work :rolleyes:

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

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            • P Peter Mulholland

              I haven't looked at it enough to concern myself with whether or not it's type safe. I don't think it aids code readability, and I've never found a situation where I needed to use it.

              Pete

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              Nish Nishant
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              #38

              Peter Mulholland wrote:

              I don't think it aids code readability, and I've never found a situation where I needed to use it.

              You absolutely need it with anonymous types, and it's more than handy with LINQ where you know it's returning some collection but don't know or care what type it is.

              Regards, Nish


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              • B BobJanova

                It's nice to be able to read the code without hovering the mouse over things. And one might not be in an IDE at the time.

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                leppie
                wrote on last edited by
                #39

                BobJanova wrote:

                It's nice to be able to read the code without hovering the mouse over things.

                Knowing the type is not really necessary if the code is unambiguous. Just replace the type with some type 'Foo' with a property of 'Bar'. Now if we have 10 types, all with a property 'Bar', yeah then it gets shitty. :)

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

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                • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                  It's VB creep: The bits of VB that mean that you don't have to think about what you are doing are slowly being introduced to C#. Coming soon: "On Error Resume Next" Then it will be time to go back to C++ because C# will be mostly used by lazy idiots who don't care a fig for maintenance.

                  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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                  Vark111
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                  OriginalGriff wrote:

                  Coming soon: "On Error Resume Next"

                  What do you mean "coming soon"? It's already there:

                  try
                  {
                      //some op
                  }
                  catch {}
                  
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                  • V Vark111

                    OriginalGriff wrote:

                    Coming soon: "On Error Resume Next"

                    What do you mean "coming soon"? It's already there:

                    try
                    {
                        //some op
                    }
                    catch {}
                    
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                    Bergholt Stuttley Johnson
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                    #41

                    I did know a programmer that did just that, first thing he wrote in any method class etc was a try catch block in which he put all his code, and yes it had a empty catch oh and he was a ex-VB programmer too was soooo proud his code never threw exceptions

                    You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.

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                    • L leppie

                      viaducting wrote:

                      So the bugs are deliberate?

                      What bugs? ;P But in reality, I loathe typing, so I try code correctly the first time. I dont mind spending 90% of my time figuring out the entire solution mentally. You type less, and debug almost never :) Or maybe that is just how I work :rolleyes:

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

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                      Bergholt Stuttley Johnson
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #42

                      Sorry "Undocumented features"

                      You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.

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                      • V Vark111

                        OriginalGriff wrote:

                        Coming soon: "On Error Resume Next"

                        What do you mean "coming soon"? It's already there:

                        try
                        {
                            //some op
                        }
                        catch {}
                        
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                        OriginalGriff
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                        #43

                        Takes too much typing for most idiots:

                            Bitmap GetScreen()
                                {
                                try {Rectangle screenRegion = Screen.AllScreens\[0\].Bounds;} catch{}
                                try {Bitmap grab = new Bitmap(SystemInformation.PrimaryMonitorSize.Width,
                                                              SystemInformation.PrimaryMonitorSize.Height,
                                                              PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);} catch{}
                                using (Graphics screenGraphics = Graphics.FromImage(grab))
                                    {
                                    try {screenGraphics.CopyFromScreen(screenRegion.Left, screenRegion.Top, 0, 0, screenRegion.Size);} catch{}
                                    }
                                return grab;
                                }
                        

                        With resume next, you just add it once and walk away - until the problem is so big it bites you on the ass and you have no idea where it started... X|

                        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."

                        "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                        "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                        • M Mario Majcica

                          I'm so pissed of by var abusers. They do not understand that are making code unreadable, for what, writing var instead of string? Having the same problems in your company? ex.

                          var metadataValues = new List<object>();
                          foreach (var metadataDefName in metadataDefNames)
                          {
                          var name = metadataDefName;
                          // Search definition with the same name.
                          var metadata = metadataCollection.FirstOrDefault(
                          metadataDef => String.Equals(metadataDef.MetaData.Name, name, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
                          ...

                          Cheers!

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                          Luca Leonardo Scorcia
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #44

                          While your example is clearly awful, I find myself using it quite consistently recently. It helps a lot with lambdas, nested generics and similar verbose type definitions. Guess it's just a language feature like the others. My personal rule is to use it only for complex (more than 1 type parameter) generic types. I'm a heavy Resharper user, but that var rule is the first one I turn off. The second one is the 'Warning on unnecessary this.' rule. Guess it's time to introduce your colleagues to FxCop :) Cheers!

                          Luca The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance. -- Wing Commander IV En Það Besta Sem Guð Hefur Skapað, Er Nýr Dagur. (But the best thing God has created, is a New Day.) -- Sigur Ròs - Viðrar vel til loftárása

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                          • L Luca Leonardo Scorcia

                            While your example is clearly awful, I find myself using it quite consistently recently. It helps a lot with lambdas, nested generics and similar verbose type definitions. Guess it's just a language feature like the others. My personal rule is to use it only for complex (more than 1 type parameter) generic types. I'm a heavy Resharper user, but that var rule is the first one I turn off. The second one is the 'Warning on unnecessary this.' rule. Guess it's time to introduce your colleagues to FxCop :) Cheers!

                            Luca The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance. -- Wing Commander IV En Það Besta Sem Guð Hefur Skapað, Er Nýr Dagur. (But the best thing God has created, is a New Day.) -- Sigur Ròs - Viðrar vel til loftárása

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                            Mario Majcica
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                            #45

                            I need the machine that on StyleCop warning hits the responsible person with a bat! :)

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                            • M Mario Majcica

                              I need the machine that on StyleCop warning hits the responsible person with a bat! :)

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                              Luca Leonardo Scorcia
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #46

                              That's just fine, I'm completely irresponsible :-\ ;)

                              Luca The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance. -- Wing Commander IV En Það Besta Sem Guð Hefur Skapað, Er Nýr Dagur. (But the best thing God has created, is a New Day.) -- Sigur Ròs - Viðrar vel til loftárása

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                              • N Nish Nishant

                                Peter Mulholland wrote:

                                It was a mistake to add it to the C# language.

                                C++ has it too now, it's called auto.

                                auto x = SomeFunc();

                                Regards, Nish


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                                Peter Mulholland
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                                #47

                                Wonderful, and I thought the C++ code I've been looking at for 3 years couldn't get any worse. Now it can.

                                Pete

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                                • P Peter Mulholland

                                  Wonderful, and I thought the C++ code I've been looking at for 3 years couldn't get any worse. Now it can.

                                  Pete

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                                  Nish Nishant
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #48

                                  :-D

                                  Regards, Nish


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                                  • H hairy_hats

                                    List list=new List(); is only one extra character to type, and is clearer IMO.

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                                    AspDotNetDev
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                                    #49

                                    FYI, List takes a generic parameter.

                                    Driven to the ARMs by x86.

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                                    • L leppie

                                      BobJanova wrote:

                                      It's nice to be able to read the code without hovering the mouse over things.

                                      Knowing the type is not really necessary if the code is unambiguous. Just replace the type with some type 'Foo' with a property of 'Bar'. Now if we have 10 types, all with a property 'Bar', yeah then it gets shitty. :)

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

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                                      BobJanova
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                                      #50

                                      There are a lot of 'Bars' in the real world though ... Close, Draw, Update, Refresh etc.

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