What is a Zombie? Why are Code Reviewers so violent and talking about killing Zombies all the time? And what ammo are they talking about? What is a TS? What does RSA mean?
And what other Code Review-specific memes are there?
(As the number of memes grows and grows, and Malachi's wish to vote fo...
Some of my functions use a "fail_silently" flag. It is used in the following way:
def test(a, b, c=1, fail_silently = False)
try:
return int(a) + c
except:
if fail_silently:
return None
raise
Therefore, if there is an error, we catch it and fail gracef...
The tag functions doesn't seem very useful. The tag wiki only states the definition and the questions just... contain functions. In terms of reviewing, there aren't really any differences between questions with just functions or with all the implemented code. Users may just end up using the ta...
I have encountered following Guava code :
Map<String, MyClass>> lookup = Maps.newHashMap();
What are advantages or disadvantages for using it over below code?
Which programming practice is better and why?
Map<String, MyClass>> lookup = new HashMap<>();
I have a function below that does the following uses a bunch of smaller CRUD operations which I call create, retrieve (instead of read), update, delete. Because this function does a bit of everything it can be hard to name it.
Here's a bit about its behavior:
pass in array of redirects (object...
I have a very illogical jQuery code and I want to see if someone finds a better way to do the exact same thing:
jQuery:
$(".col-md-3 img").hover(function() {
$(this).parent().children(".search").show();
$(this).parent().children(".photo").css("opacity","0.4");
}, function(){
$(this)...
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I am trying to solve a simple problem but it judge on codeforces is giving me errors seems like I am missing an edge case most likely. Below is the problem and the source code I have written to solve it.
"Contestant who earns a score equal to or greater than the k-th place finisher's score wil...
This is a direct reply to Grace Note's recent CR review, more precisely the following part:
(emphasis mine)
Unanswered
Tying in to all of the above is one of the most pressing concerns about the site I had in my own review, which is the gigantic pool of unanswered questions. There are, ...
