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  • G Gary Wheeler

    if (_Uptime != null)
    {
    _Uptime.Remove(TraCommon.Tokens.TraService_Speed);
    }
    {
    _Uptime = new Service.Message();
    _Uptime.Code = SysCommon.CommandCode.SysUptimeEvt;
    }

    I just found this in my code. It's been there for years.

    Software Zen: delete this;

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    #17

    Don't be too embarassed. It's quite normal[^]

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    (MQOTD Rules and previous Solutions )

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    • G Gary Wheeler

      if (_Uptime != null)
      {
      _Uptime.Remove(TraCommon.Tokens.TraService_Speed);
      }
      {
      _Uptime = new Service.Message();
      _Uptime.Code = SysCommon.CommandCode.SysUptimeEvt;
      }

      I just found this in my code. It's been there for years.

      Software Zen: delete this;

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      User 7894920
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      At the risk of starting a slashdot-style flame war I refuse to code an if without:

      if (condition) {
      consequence;
      } else {
      negative consequence;
      }

      Can't help it. Can't change it. 56 years old and too old to recover from it. But also pretty hard to miss an 'else'. Please don't hate me...

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      • U User 7894920

        At the risk of starting a slashdot-style flame war I refuse to code an if without:

        if (condition) {
        consequence;
        } else {
        negative consequence;
        }

        Can't help it. Can't change it. 56 years old and too old to recover from it. But also pretty hard to miss an 'else'. Please don't hate me...

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        Gary Wheeler
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        #19

        Part of my problem is that, due to changes in style guidelines in my group over time, I have a body of older code that uses K&R braces. My newer stuff, including the aforementioned C#, uses the brace-per-line style.

        Software Zen: delete this;

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        • G Gary Wheeler

          if (_Uptime != null)
          {
          _Uptime.Remove(TraCommon.Tokens.TraService_Speed);
          }
          {
          _Uptime = new Service.Message();
          _Uptime.Code = SysCommon.CommandCode.SysUptimeEvt;
          }

          I just found this in my code. It's been there for years.

          Software Zen: delete this;

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          Fabio Franco
          wrote on last edited by
          #20

          Gary Wheeler wrote:

          It's been there for years.

          Then it has been working for years too! Don't fix it!

          To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems - Homer Simpson ---- Our heads are round so our thoughts can change direction - Francis Picabia

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          • G Gary Wheeler

            This[^] one? 'Tis quite similar. Mine was a sin of omission, while his was a sin of emission.

            Software Zen: delete this;

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            KP Lee
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            #21

            Gary Wheeler wrote:

            Mine was a sin of omission, while his was a sin of emission.

            Someone mentioned in the other link that an empty statement shouldn't be allowed after an if statement. I think both should be allowed, but have warning messages. His would be "The conditional statement won't execute anything", yours "Extra brackets added for no apparent reason". Both may be a stretch for the compiler to see. On the other hand, people who like padded coding might not like that.

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            • G Gary Wheeler

              This[^] one? 'Tis quite similar. Mine was a sin of omission, while his was a sin of emission.

              Software Zen: delete this;

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              KP Lee
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              #22

              Thought I said "The conditional (if-else) statement won't execute anything" but I used the special characters (@lt; @or; >) that hid it and didn't look at my preview. Great, only gt works as substitution letters.

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              • G Gary Wheeler

                if (_Uptime != null)
                {
                _Uptime.Remove(TraCommon.Tokens.TraService_Speed);
                }
                {
                _Uptime = new Service.Message();
                _Uptime.Code = SysCommon.CommandCode.SysUptimeEvt;
                }

                I just found this in my code. It's been there for years.

                Software Zen: delete this;

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                User 3138470
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                This reminds me why i hate ppl who write code like if (x != y) doThis(); remember one time when somebody added some code --> if (x != y) doThis(); alsoDoThat(); Took a while in debugger to figure out what was reason :-p Cause not part of my code :-) I always write my code after that if (x != y) { doThis(); } Even if have to do only one thing :-p

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                • N NormDroid

                  missing else? Don't you just love scoping braces.

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                  Adriaan Davel
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #24

                  I did this once in c++, took very long to figure out:

                  if (condition);
                  {

                  }

                  ____________________________________________________________ Be brave little warrior, be VERY brave

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                  • G Gary Wheeler

                    if (_Uptime != null)
                    {
                    _Uptime.Remove(TraCommon.Tokens.TraService_Speed);
                    }
                    {
                    _Uptime = new Service.Message();
                    _Uptime.Code = SysCommon.CommandCode.SysUptimeEvt;
                    }

                    I just found this in my code. It's been there for years.

                    Software Zen: delete this;

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                    Michael Kingsford Gray
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #25

                    Would have been obvious in VB.NET.

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                    • M Michael Kingsford Gray

                      Would have been obvious in VB.NET.

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                      AspDotNetDev
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #26

                      Every line of code in VB.Net is obviously a mistake. ;P

                      Thou mewling ill-breeding pignut!

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                      • A Adriaan Davel

                        I did this once in c++, took very long to figure out:

                        if (condition);
                        {

                        }

                        ____________________________________________________________ Be brave little warrior, be VERY brave

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                        greldak
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                        #27

                        I'd be more concerned if there was something between the braces to get unexpectedly executed irrespective of the intended condition.

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                        • G greldak

                          I'd be more concerned if there was something between the braces to get unexpectedly executed irrespective of the intended condition.

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                          Adriaan Davel
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #28

                          That's exactly what happened, irrespective of the condition the code block always executed...

                          ____________________________________________________________ Be brave little warrior, be VERY brave

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                          • A Adriaan Davel

                            I did this once in c++, took very long to figure out:

                            if (condition);
                            {

                            }

                            ____________________________________________________________ Be brave little warrior, be VERY brave

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                            Frans_55129
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                            #29

                            And I did this once in C, also took me long to figure it out: for (i=0; i <= ....; i ++); { }

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                            • B BobJanova

                              Sadly, SVN will tell you that it really is ;(

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                              Gary R Wheeler
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                              #30

                              Embarassing2A: We use SourceSafe. Embarassing2B: It would still tell you that it really is.

                              Software Zen: delete this;

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                              • U User 3138470

                                This reminds me why i hate ppl who write code like if (x != y) doThis(); remember one time when somebody added some code --> if (x != y) doThis(); alsoDoThat(); Took a while in debugger to figure out what was reason :-p Cause not part of my code :-) I always write my code after that if (x != y) { doThis(); } Even if have to do only one thing :-p

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                                Gary R Wheeler
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #31

                                That's usually the case for me as well.

                                Software Zen: delete this;

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                                • F Fabio Franco

                                  Gary Wheeler wrote:

                                  It's been there for years.

                                  Then it has been working for years too! Don't fix it!

                                  To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems - Homer Simpson ---- Our heads are round so our thoughts can change direction - Francis Picabia

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                                  Gary R Wheeler
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                                  #32

                                  Actually, it's not. In the code you don't see, it ends up replacing existing information when it should be adding it. The existing information gets lost.

                                  Software Zen: delete this;

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                                  • G Gary R Wheeler

                                    Actually, it's not. In the code you don't see, it ends up replacing existing information when it should be adding it. The existing information gets lost.

                                    Software Zen: delete this;

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                                    Fabio Franco
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                                    #33

                                    I did notice that. What I meant is that the application was obviously working for years with that code, unless it's been abandoned. If it was behaving incorrectly it would've been noticed before. I'm not saying that what the code was doing was correct, just that the application was behaving as expected.

                                    To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems - Homer Simpson ---- Our heads are round so our thoughts can change direction - Francis Picabia

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                                    • F Fabio Franco

                                      I did notice that. What I meant is that the application was obviously working for years with that code, unless it's been abandoned. If it was behaving incorrectly it would've been noticed before. I'm not saying that what the code was doing was correct, just that the application was behaving as expected.

                                      To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems - Homer Simpson ---- Our heads are round so our thoughts can change direction - Francis Picabia

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                                      Gary R Wheeler
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                                      #34

                                      This is in a portion of the application that logs performance information for our field service organization. The bug caused part of the information to be recorded less often than it was available. The only way it would be noticed is if the folks doing the 'data mining' were paying really close attention, and they're not. Unfortunately.

                                      Software Zen: delete this;

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                                      • M Michael Kingsford Gray

                                        Would have been obvious in VB.NET.

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                                        Gary R Wheeler
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #35

                                        Sorry, but I'm more of a 'braces'[^] kind of guy.

                                        Software Zen: delete this;

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                                        • G Gary Wheeler

                                          if (_Uptime != null)
                                          {
                                          _Uptime.Remove(TraCommon.Tokens.TraService_Speed);
                                          }
                                          {
                                          _Uptime = new Service.Message();
                                          _Uptime.Code = SysCommon.CommandCode.SysUptimeEvt;
                                          }

                                          I just found this in my code. It's been there for years.

                                          Software Zen: delete this;

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                                          lucien64
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                                          #36

                                          :laugh: It took me a while... and even that I haven't written a line of code in years, I found the mistake. This is the reason why I started coding "if" constructs (and the like) with empty bodies even when they where short.

                                          if()
                                          {
                                          }
                                          else
                                          {
                                          }

                                          Only after that I filled in what had to be filled in.

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