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| Edit | Post #279013 | Initial revision | — | about 4 years ago |
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I object to [stl] Currently the tag [[stl]](https://software.codidact.com/categories/38/tags/3925) is marked as a sub-tag of c++, implying a meaning of "standard-template-library". However I see both of the questions currently using the tag mean the 3D object description format). As I see it both meanings are relev... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278988 |
This. But if we wanted a “don’t add the parent tags” ethos locally we could compensate with a do/don’t include child tags options when registering a favorited tag. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278924 |
@jrh The sample code is made up for this post. I used `is_floating_point` because I can spell it without a search (I really don't use this stuff much). Where it appears in my project there is a cascade of SFINAE tests that cover quite a few classes of possible inputs (floating point, other numeric, s... (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278924 |
@jrh I wouldn't call it controversial at all. Doing anything sophisticated with templates results in code that is hard to read, harder to debug, and simply brutal on edit-compile-test cycle times. We don't reach for this stuff first and we've got it in less than 1% of our headers (and plain template ... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278941 |
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| Comment | Post #278846 |
While I largely agree that all bash (or other shell) features are candidates for programming questions, the emphasis of programming answers to bash questions may be a bit different from the emphasis of using-the-CLI answers. You'd need a working consensus to maintain culture that prefers the former t... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278941 | Initial revision | — | about 4 years ago |
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A: Are reference requests welcome here? Just to stir the pot a little, on Physics SE we ended up allowing them within certain limits. Though I was against it I would say that the results were rather better than I expected. We did set up a post notice for the category that reads: > Before answering, please see our policy on resourc... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278924 |
@Lundin The flip side of KISS is [DRY](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_repeat_yourself). Restricting the type-generic interface does make sense for things like writing a specialized STL-like algorithm that only works on random access containers. In principle you could accomplish that with polym... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278924 | Initial revision | — | about 4 years ago |
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Pros and cons of various type_traits idioms My work tasks have recently started requiring me to use the `typetraits` header to restrict the classes that may be used in template functions, methods, and classes. And while I used it for a long time now, I learned C++ on the job. I've seen at least four patterns (see below) for actually coding ... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278858 | Initial revision | — | about 4 years ago |
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A: For scripting what are the pros and cons of command line arguments versus capturing input at the start? I'd like to move the frame out a little and use that as a discussion for how to make these decisions. Input models You've listed two input models, but I think we need to add a third before we begin. I'm going to call them 1. Command line arguments 2. Interactive read at run-time 3. Non-int... (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278606 |
I'm actually quite interested in this question for myself. We're using Doxygen for the rest of our code, but we don't have any tooling for the DB beyond a schemacrawler script that generates a PDF schema diagram. Notes about how a table is intended to be used are written in un-formatted comments, but... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278390 |
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| Comment | Post #278202 |
I'm fairly sure the term existed at least as early as the eighties. (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278393 | Initial revision | — | about 4 years ago |
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Add link dialog should capture enter I think we have a UI problem with the "add link" dialog box in the editor: it doesn't capture enter keystrokes which then fall through to the submit button. > I'm merrily typing a post when I realize that it would be improve by linking a phrase. So, I copy the link, highlight the text, click the L... (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277882 |
I'd go further than calling the new syntax an "alternative". I wouldn't use the `SIGNAL` and `SLOT` macros in new code. Indeed, unless I was still trying to support Qt4 I wouldn't write new instances of the macros even in a legacy code base. (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278390 |
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| Edit | Post #278390 | Post undeleted | — | about 4 years ago |
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| Edit | Post #278390 | Post deleted | — | about 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #278390 | Initial revision | — | about 4 years ago |
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A: What gets allocated on the stack and the heap? While Lundin has written a reasonably complete answer, I think it suffers a bit from the expert view: conflating core issues with implementation details related to modern hardware architecture. I'd like to try to separate these notions. Kinds of variables To start with I'm going to divi... (more) |
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