Post #99,529
4/30/03 6:32:04 PM
8/21/07 6:10:20 AM
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You can't override a third of an eval string either.
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Post #99,531
4/30/03 6:38:57 PM
4/30/03 6:44:40 PM
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Sure you can!
From his OO model in the other post:
eval(substr(the_value, 1, (2 * len(the_value)) / 3) + "new code");
See? It's EASY!!!
Or, if you want to override the MIDDLE part:
eval(substr(the_value, 1, len(the_value)) / 3) + "new code" + substr(the_value, (2 * len(the_value)) / 3, len(the_value)));
How simple can it be??
*urrgghhle* *thump*
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April 30, 2003, 06:44:40 PM EDT
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Post #99,551
4/30/03 8:29:17 PM
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Offensive
This_prepending_of_"the_". I hate that. Is that supposed to be cool?
-drl
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Post #99,553
4/30/03 8:35:40 PM
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Not to me.
Talk to Bryce. [link|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=99516|It's his name].
And if you thought it was my naming convention, then I suggest that you stop your irritating insistence that I do things to be "cool". Your stereotyping is tiresome, unwarranted, and offensive. If not, then talk to Bryce. ;-)
Regards,
-scott anderson
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Post #99,554
4/30/03 8:38:24 PM
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Re: Not to me.
It's a honest question! I remember being a cool programmer - not recently though. There are these idioms that keep coming up - needless "voluntary syntax". It's a way of talking in code, so it's bound to have a "cool" aspect, like all other forms of communication.
-drl
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Post #99,555
4/30/03 8:40:58 PM
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Again:
I don't do things like that to be cool.
I use naming conventions and idioms for maintainability, efficiency, readability, and any number of other -ys -- but not to be cool.
The only exception being unit testing data values. :-)
YMMV.
Regards,
-scott anderson
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Post #99,577
5/1/03 1:27:49 AM
8/21/07 6:11:07 AM
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Don't know about cool
but I've been known to name globals/singletons that way. theEventDispatcher, theThreadPool, theMousePointer etc...
It kind of makes the point that there's only one.
Its also a HyperCard convention for global functions. ie
get the date.
put it into card field "Today"
put the selection into the message box
Lovely language, that.
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Contestants in a suicidal race."
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Post #99,711
5/1/03 5:32:22 PM
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Logical reason for "the" prefix
It avoids clashing with reserved words. I have ran into column or table names that confuse SQL parsers due to commonly used names. By appending "the" to titles like "value", "description", "timestamp", etc., conflict is reduced and portability improved. I have ran into such overlaps more than once.
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Post #100,381
5/5/03 4:01:58 PM
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lack of response means you agree now?
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Post #99,578
5/1/03 1:29:04 AM
8/21/07 6:11:09 AM
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You're creeping me out MAN!
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Contestants in a suicidal race."
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Post #99,620
5/1/03 10:30:46 AM
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/me blows tea through my nose!
Stop that...goddammit!
;-)
jb4
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Post #99,710
5/1/03 5:27:57 PM
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If you don't split things into "subtypes" you don't need to
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