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Overloading, Is It really Worth It? | Code Buddy
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Ramblings from the Coding Trenches. Overloading, Is It really Worth It? 17 September 2009, 9:52 pm. For a long time I’ve used overloading, but just recently I’ve been questioning its uses. Looking at the call site when invoking an overloaded function its not immediately obvious which method is being called. C PLUS PLUS ). After a quick look through the overloading options available I can always work out which one will be called – but why should I? C PLUS PLUS ). My poor tags get confused! The comments re...
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DSCM – A Move Back to Big Bang Integration | Code Buddy
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Ramblings from the Coding Trenches. DSCM – A Move Back to Big Bang Integration. 7 December 2009, 7:33 am. Used sensibly the move away from centralised to distributed source control management offers more benefits than it does drawbacks. Used unwisely it could take us back to the days of Big Bang Integration. Irrespective of the number of meetings attended or PowerPoint slides produced, developers communicate in one language, and one language only – the language of. Its being done, and by. I Smell Duplica...
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Ramblings from the Coding Trenches. Archive of posts filed under the Bugs. 4 Things To Consider When Fixing a Bug. 10 April 2009, 5:59 pm. So, you’ve just spent a few hours, days, or maybe weeks(! Tracking that down that bug. You’ve finally found it – what do you do? The fix is trivial, its a one line change, you can fix it right now, have it committed to source control, picked up in the next software release and move …. Continue reading ‘4 Things To Consider When Fixing a Bug’ ».
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That’s Not My Code! | Code Buddy
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Ramblings from the Coding Trenches. That’s Not My Code! 23 December 2009, 1:53 pm. I’ve just been reading with my 8 month old son. His favourite book at the moment is. That’s not my Santa. Thats Not My Santa. The book is part of the “That’s not my” series by Rachel Wells. Each book follows the same pattern; 5 examples of the subject, in this case Santa, that are not “mine” for some reason. That’s not my Santa. His sleigh is too sparkly. And the final page shows an example of a Santa that is mine. Your em...
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December | 2009 | Code Buddy
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Ramblings from the Coding Trenches. Archive of entries posted on December 2009. That’s Not My Code! 23 December 2009, 1:53 pm. I’ve just been reading with my 8 month old son. His favourite book at the moment is That’s not my Santa. The book is part of the “That’s not my” series by Rachel Wells. Each book follows the same pattern; 5 examples of the subject, in this case Santa, that are not “mine” for some …. Continue reading ‘That’s Not My Code! Rsquo; ». Filed under Book Reviews. 7 December 2009, 7:33 am.
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Ramblings from the Coding Trenches. Archive of entries posted by codebuddy. That’s Not My Code! 23 December 2009, 1:53 pm. I’ve just been reading with my 8 month old son. His favourite book at the moment is That’s not my Santa. The book is part of the “That’s not my” series by Rachel Wells. Each book follows the same pattern; 5 examples of the subject, in this case Santa, that are not “mine” for some …. Continue reading ‘That’s Not My Code! Rsquo; ». Filed under Book Reviews. 7 December 2009, 7:33 am.
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Brain Teaser: Streaming An Enumeration In C++ | Code Buddy
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Ramblings from the Coding Trenches. Brain Teaser: Streaming An Enumeration In C. 5 October 2009, 10:33 pm. Streaming an enumeratoin in C , what could be easier? Can you spot the bug in the following code? SEASON UNDEF, SEASON SUMMER, SEASON AUTUMN, SEASON WINTER, SEASON SPRING, SEASON NUM TYPES, }. Scroll down for the answer…. You’ve got it, its the default case. This makes a recusive call which will never terminate. Now how much stack space do I have…. Filed under Brain Teasers. That’s Not My Code!
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4 Things To Consider When Fixing a Bug | Code Buddy
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Ramblings from the Coding Trenches. 4 Things To Consider When Fixing a Bug. 10 April 2009, 5:59 pm. So, you’ve just spent a few hours, days, or maybe weeks(! Tracking that down that bug. You’ve finally found it – what do you do? The fix is trivial, its a one line change, you can fix it right now, have it committed to source control, picked up in the next software release and move on to reading slashdot. 1 How hard was it to track this bug down? 8211; you need to write some form of test, why? Ideally you&...
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I Smell Duplication Can You? | Code Buddy
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Ramblings from the Coding Trenches. I Smell Duplication Can You? 27 October 2009, 11:19 am. Want to know how to find duplicate code in your code base quickly and easily? Want to be able to sniff out the most pungent of code smells in double quick time? You’ve come to the right place. If your not familiar with the idea of code smells, the be sure to check out Martin Fowlers excellent book Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code. How to use it. Running CPD is very simple:. The number of duplicat...
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That’s Not My Code! | Code Buddy
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Ramblings from the Coding Trenches. That’s Not My Code! 23 December 2009, 1:53 pm. I’ve just been reading with my 8 month old son. His favourite book at the moment is. That’s not my Santa. Thats Not My Santa. The book is part of the “That’s not my” series by Rachel Wells. Each book follows the same pattern; 5 examples of the subject, in this case Santa, that are not “mine” for some reason. That’s not my Santa. His sleigh is too sparkly. And the final page shows an example of a Santa that is mine. Your em...