What are the worst programming habits?

[Lost User]

PIEBALDconsult wrote:

the developer's intent should be clearly specified.

It IS clearly specified if it is omitted. It is not some arcane trick, it is not something that causes side-effects, and it improves readability. It is as usefull as typing "begin" and "end" instead of the default scope-blocks. It might take some getting used to, but it conveys the same amount of information using less symbols. That's kinda essential, and the reason why we are not programming in COBOL.

PIEBALDconsult wrote:

I don't want to have to guess

If you have to guess at the default access modifier in C#, you should not be writing in C#.

PIEBALDconsult wrote:

and decrease the hit to your own productivity caused by your juniors.

Should I prefix each class with a complete namespace? Otherwise they'd be guessing at which class it will take :D You explain a junior ONCE that everything that does not have a modifier is private. If they come asking, even once, then make them prefix everything. Using "this" and "that", using namespaces, using "global::". Throw in some hungarian systems, so they won't have to guess the type :suss:

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[Lost User]

Hmm.. OK fine, I'll accept that excuse. This time.

[dan sh]

Intellisense does help. For reading, indentation is something I would prefer. It is opinion. I think MS wants to divide and rule. When did Britishers took over MS? *Last 2 sentences are supposed to be humor.

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[Lost User]

Eddy Vluggen wrote:

Should I prefix each class with a complete namespace? Otherwise they'd be guessing at which class it will take

You've done it now :-D

[OriginalGriff]

var is handy in two places: 1) When using Linq and returning "An IEnumerable of something, gawddammit, but I have no idea what the compiler is going to call it" 2) To identify people whose code you can't trust because they have no idea or no interest in what type a variable should be. It may save five keystrokes to use var instead of IEnumerable<Customer> but it doesn't help understanding when you have to read the code later.

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[OriginalGriff]

d@nish wrote:

When did Britishers took over MS?

We didn't. If we had, the Color class would be spelled properly!

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[dan sh]

OriginalGriff wrote:

To identify people whose code you can't trust

:thumbsup:

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[dan sh]

Wait, that explains it. Those who have trouble typing a "u", can not type IEnumerable< Whatever the hell it is >. I now know the whole purpose of var. Enlightened.

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[PIEBALDconsult]

Eddy Vluggen wrote:

explain a junior ONCE

That's once too many.

You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.

[Lost User]

Adding oil to the fire, a practical example;

using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Timers;

namespace ConsoleApplication5
{
class Program
{
Timer t = new System.Threading.Timer(null); // will not compile, as it is unclear which Timer
Timer t2 = new System.Windows.Forms.Timer(); // is declared (as opposed to the type instantiated)
Timer pfld_SysTimrTimrt3 = new System.Timers.Timer(); // using hungarian systems with namespace prefix

    static void Main(global::System.String\[\]\[\] strSrgs)
    {
        global::System.Console.ReadLine();
    }
}

}

And yes, the "console application template" has an entry point which is implicitly private.

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[Lost User]

Dave Kreskowiak wrote:

In C# the default is private while in VB it's Public. I absolutely hate that and really dont want to have to remember what the defaults ars supposed to be when scanning over code for problems.

I hate that it's public in VB.NET too, but it does not change the way I look at C#. Having tried it, for several months, in both languages, to me, the benefit outweighs the possible disadvantage of confusion.

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[Gary Wheeler]

Hmm. I agree with Joel but I stand by my dislike of the common Hungarian notation, despite Simonyi's original intent.

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[Lost User]

Comments like this: i=6; //set i to six :)

[Simon_Whale]

My main bug bears are 1. Excessive whitespace between code lines 2. In code comment,for that complex method that are so short they are as useful as the var keyword.

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[Chris Losinger]

1. incorrect bracket placement 2. if (2 == var) 3. not enough whitespace 4. globals

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[Chris Losinger]

Eddy Vluggen wrote:

there's a keyboard shortcut to automatically reformat in the VS-IDE.

which is a total broken disaster in VS2013 (for C++ at least)

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[David ONeil]

Currently dealing with a codebase that uses magic numbers and tucks them into the window's hMenu member (and uses them from there)! Ghhgh! The other nightmare offense in the code is using "m_" for: a) Some, but not all, member variables. b) Some, but not all, in function variables, including loop indexes. c) Some, but not all, passed function parameters. That was fun to get sorted - NOT. There were even a couple places where the same name was used in two or more different ways, so a project-wide replace would blow up. X| X| X| X| X|

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[Forogar]

It's a pity that we can't use a condensed "new" format like:

CryptographicUnexpectedOperationException exception = new ();

which means the same as:

CryptographicUnexpectedOperationException exception = new CryptographicUnexpectedOperationException();

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[Forogar]

I use var when I have some method to call that returns a humungously long-named type. I then immediately change it with the "Make Explicit" option. That way I don't have to type it out in full or select from a potentially huge list of intellisense suggestions.

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[OriginalGriff]

Fine by me - it doesn't leave the var in the final code, or treat C# as if it was VB and "don't know, don't care" Dim

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