Same, i don't like south-facing RGB though; at the right angle they peak out behind keycaps and just drill me right in the damn eye (photosensitivity sucks...). That and the lack of dedicated indicator LEDs for caps/num lock are the only things i don't like about my current keychron keyboard.
I prefer good documentation over stack overflow, but I prefer stack overflow over bad documentation. If other programmers are mostly using stack overflow, it means the documentation sucks
I used it when I wrote some throwaway C++ code working with SQLite. Since it had no RAII (and I had no intention of writing my own wrapper), I had to manually cleanup multiple resources somehow. If at least one resource failed to initialize, I had to deinitialize the ones that didn't fail. It was either goto or a bunch of flags to track what is initialized. goto looked more elegant.
I misremembered the whole thing. It was still related to cleaning up after a failure, but there was only one resource I had to deal with. That's how it looks like:
sqlite3 *db;
int r;
r = sqlite3_open("./data.db", &db);
if (r) {
std::cerr << "Can't open the database: " << sqlite3_errmsg(db) << std::endl;
return r;
}
r = sqlite3_exec(db, "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS foo(...);", nullptr, nullptr, nullptr);
if (r != SQLITE_OK) {
std::cerr << "Can't create a table called foo: " << sqlite3_errmsg(db) << std::endl;
goto out;
}
// a few more sqlite3_exec calls;
// some sqlite3_prepare_v2 calls combined with sqlite3_bind_* and sqlite3_step calls
// for repeated queries.
out:
sqlite3_close(db);
return r;
33 Comments
killeronthecorner@lemmy.world · 107 pts · 363d
I'm a big fan of my keyboard
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 57 pts · 363d
The Universal Serial Bus is pretty good shit. Plug n Play is a great feature.
int32@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 30 pts · 363d
microsoft: THERE STILL IS SOMETHING THAT JUST WORKS! WE NEED TO ADD AI SO YOUR KEYSTROKES WILL BE WRONGLY INTERPRETED!
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 18 pts · 363d
Not only wrongly, but really slow as well. That'll be $5.99 a month, please.
int32@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 362d
and with an internet connection required(good luck entering your wifi password without a keyboard)
fckreddit@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 363d
Although not really useful, I simply love RGB lighting in the keyboard.
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 363d
Same, i don't like south-facing RGB though; at the right angle they peak out behind keycaps and just drill me right in the damn eye (photosensitivity sucks...). That and the lack of dedicated indicator LEDs for caps/num lock are the only things i don't like about my current keychron keyboard.
omgboom@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 42 pts · 363d
Also stack overflow
mushroommunk@lemmy.today · 24 pts · 363d
Or even better, libraries of functions you've built up over time from visiting stack overflow
marcos@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 363d
A really good way to evaluate an ecosystem is looking if people look into documentation or stack overflow first.
When it's stack overflow, the ecosystem always suck.
Witchfire@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 363d
Agreed, I 100% prefer to parse through documentation than stack overflow
Genius@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 362d
I prefer good documentation over stack overflow, but I prefer stack overflow over bad documentation. If other programmers are mostly using stack overflow, it means the documentation sucks
Dumhuvud@programming.dev · 3 pts · 362d
May I suggest avoiding recursive functions where possible? They are usually the ones overflowing your stack, duh.
zarkanian@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 362d
The trick to avoiding recursive functions is to avoid recursive functions.
bisby@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 363d
I'm going to count vim, or any other IDE as a tool. You don't just will your thoughts into the computer (at least most people don't, that I know).
BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org · 34 pts · 363d
Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/378/
n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 362d
Did someone say emacs? https://youtu.be/urcL86UpqZc
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 363d
I astrally project my thoughts into the PC.
kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 362d
You could count the fucking chair as a tool. This post is dumb, lol.
Honytawk@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 362d
I really enjoy the air that I'm breading.
Couldn't code without it.
dan1101@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 363d
Global variables
joyjoy@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 363d
Goto is evil.
lunarul@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 363d
Unless you're programming in assembly
Dumhuvud@programming.dev · 2 pts · 362d
I mean, in C too.
I used it when I wrote some throwaway C++ code working with SQLite. Since it had no RAII (and I had no intention of writing my own wrapper), I had to manually cleanup multiple resources somehow. If at least one resource failed to initialize, I had to deinitialize the ones that didn't fail. It was either
gotoor a bunch of flags to track what is initialized.gotolooked more elegant.jwmgregory@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 362d
Dumhuvud@programming.dev · 1 pts · 362d
I misremembered the whole thing. It was still related to cleaning up after a failure, but there was only one resource I had to deal with. That's how it looks like:
librekitty@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 362d
goto in assembly? nah, might as well JMP
lunarul@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 362d
Yeah, it's not called goto, but it's functionally the same.
lime@feddit.nu · 1 pts · 362d
but very useful!
Gladaed@feddit.org · 7 pts · 363d
Guess they truely are a tool.
grrgyle@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 362d
I am the tool 😎 wait
maxwells_daemon@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 362d
I was gonna say gcc, but you do you, bro...
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 362d
Leatherman.
catsAndComputers@programming.dev · 0 pts · 363d
Brand new sentence