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  • A Ankush Bansal

    I was assigned a QA bug today and I found this horror code written by my colleague :mad:...

    private static double ConvertToDouble(object obj, out bool good)
    {
    if (obj is double || obj is int)
    {
    good = true;
    return (double)obj;
    }

            good = false;
            return double.NaN;
        }
    

    This code exploded in to

    Exception type: InvalidCastException
    Message: Specified cast is not valid.
    [System.InvalidCastException]

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    Bernhard Hiller
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    And float and uint are also really bad...

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    • V vonb

      It failed converting int to double?

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      Ankush Bansal
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      Yes!! Actually the question was raised by the same colleague when I told him its wrong.... :-D

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      • B Bernhard Hiller

        And float and uint are also really bad...

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        Ankush Bansal
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        Well in theory not... but our middleware doesn't support uint and float so for us (practically) they are bad.

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        • A Ankush Bansal

          I was assigned a QA bug today and I found this horror code written by my colleague :mad:...

          private static double ConvertToDouble(object obj, out bool good)
          {
          if (obj is double || obj is int)
          {
          good = true;
          return (double)obj;
          }

                  good = false;
                  return double.NaN;
              }
          

          This code exploded in to

          Exception type: InvalidCastException
          Message: Specified cast is not valid.
          [System.InvalidCastException]

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          OriginalGriff
          wrote on last edited by
          #6

          That's what I call good quality, well tested code! :doh: It's obvious it should have been:

                      return (double)(int)obj;
          

          :laugh:

          The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger. English doesn't borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.

          "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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          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

            That's what I call good quality, well tested code! :doh: It's obvious it should have been:

                        return (double)(int)obj;
            

            :laugh:

            The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger. English doesn't borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.

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            Ankush Bansal
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            This would fail if obj is double... :-\

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            • A Ankush Bansal

              This would fail if obj is double... :-\

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              OriginalGriff
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              In which case you make it

              return (double)(int)(double)obj;

              :laugh:

              The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger. English doesn't borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.

              "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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              • A Ankush Bansal

                I was assigned a QA bug today and I found this horror code written by my colleague :mad:...

                private static double ConvertToDouble(object obj, out bool good)
                {
                if (obj is double || obj is int)
                {
                good = true;
                return (double)obj;
                }

                        good = false;
                        return double.NaN;
                    }
                

                This code exploded in to

                Exception type: InvalidCastException
                Message: Specified cast is not valid.
                [System.InvalidCastException]

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                Sentenryu
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                He likes reinventing the well or doesn't he know Convert.ToDouble()[^]?

                I'm brazilian and english (well, human languages in general) aren't my best skill, so, sorry by my english. (if you want we can speak in C# or VB.Net =p) "Given the chance I'd rather work smart than work hard." - PHS241 "'Sophisticated platform' typically means 'I have no idea how it works.'"

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                • A Ankush Bansal

                  I was assigned a QA bug today and I found this horror code written by my colleague :mad:...

                  private static double ConvertToDouble(object obj, out bool good)
                  {
                  if (obj is double || obj is int)
                  {
                  good = true;
                  return (double)obj;
                  }

                          good = false;
                          return double.NaN;
                      }
                  

                  This code exploded in to

                  Exception type: InvalidCastException
                  Message: Specified cast is not valid.
                  [System.InvalidCastException]

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                  ENOTTY
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                  #10

                  It should be called TryConvertToDouble with the signature and semantics following the TryXXX functions like TryGetValue(), that is: It should return bool true on successful conversion, false otherwise and the converted value in the out parameter.

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                  • E ENOTTY

                    It should be called TryConvertToDouble with the signature and semantics following the TryXXX functions like TryGetValue(), that is: It should return bool true on successful conversion, false otherwise and the converted value in the out parameter.

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                    Sentenryu
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                    It shouldn't exist at all.

                    I'm brazilian and english (well, human languages in general) aren't my best skill, so, sorry by my english. (if you want we can speak in C# or VB.Net =p) "Given the chance I'd rather work smart than work hard." - PHS241 "'Sophisticated platform' typically means 'I have no idea how it works.'"

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                    • A Ankush Bansal

                      I was assigned a QA bug today and I found this horror code written by my colleague :mad:...

                      private static double ConvertToDouble(object obj, out bool good)
                      {
                      if (obj is double || obj is int)
                      {
                      good = true;
                      return (double)obj;
                      }

                              good = false;
                              return double.NaN;
                          }
                      

                      This code exploded in to

                      Exception type: InvalidCastException
                      Message: Specified cast is not valid.
                      [System.InvalidCastException]

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                      Lost User
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                      #12

                      Unboxing cannot do a representation-changing conversion.

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                      • A Ankush Bansal

                        I was assigned a QA bug today and I found this horror code written by my colleague :mad:...

                        private static double ConvertToDouble(object obj, out bool good)
                        {
                        if (obj is double || obj is int)
                        {
                        good = true;
                        return (double)obj;
                        }

                                good = false;
                                return double.NaN;
                            }
                        

                        This code exploded in to

                        Exception type: InvalidCastException
                        Message: Specified cast is not valid.
                        [System.InvalidCastException]

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                        Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
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                        Perhaps an effect of not using http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.double.tryparse.aspx[^]

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                        • V Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

                          Perhaps an effect of not using http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.double.tryparse.aspx[^]

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                          --Brisingr Aerowing

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                          Rob Grainger
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                          Actually, that's designed to convert a string to double, the code in question is designed to convert objects to double - including explicitly ints. You're not suggesting the way to convert an integer to a double is as follows are you? 1. Convert the int to a string. 2. Convert the string to a double.

                          "If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough." Alan Kay.

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