The 2nd Monitor

Captain Obvious

20:00

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Q: Implementing pthread barrier for Mac OS/X

I have written this little thingie to fix a problem of missing pthread_barrier_t in Mac OS/X pthreads. Are there any issues with this code? The header: #ifndef PTHREAD_BARRIER_H #define PTHREAD_BARRIER_H #include <pthread.h> #ifdef __APPLE__ #ifdef __cplusplus extern "C" { #endif #if !defin...

nhgrif

Which you can do in Xcode, but no

Not in VS.

Captain Obvious

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Q: Verify that a point is inside a triangle

So I to create a method that checks if the point " ponto " is inside the triangle given by the points A,B,C as vertices. So far I have this : final double PRECISION = 0.1; public boolean dentroDoTriangulo (Point A, Point B, Point C, Point ponto){ //total double ABC = Math.abs ((A.x*(B.y-C.y)+B...

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nhgrif

Also, I will show a screenshot of some other very very powerful/cool things Xcode does when I get home

Mast

Yay for cool screenshots

skiwi

@JeroenVannevel I must say that the Go language seems to look funky

What aws your experience programming in it?

Jeroen Vannevel

20:20

the 20 different ways to declare a variable is a little puzzling sometimes but I think I got the hang of it now

overall it feels.. okay

There's some behind the scenes magic I haven't uncovered yet

but I didn't follow a proper introduction either

skiwi

Hmm okay, that tells me like close to nothing, but you are at least not bashing it into the ground

Jeroen Vannevel

give it a shot, you can get something working really quickly

skiwi

No real interest right now as I'm busy learning Python as well :P

Perhaps... some day

That magical day on which you will do all your planned work

nhgrif

Go is not magic. You must be thinking of Swift.

"Great Answer" badge on SOMeta.

Mast

Swift is arcane.

nhgrif

20:32

Arcane?

Mast

Yea, like Perl, but worse

nhgrif

Do you know what Swift is?

Mast

iOS language

the .NET of Apple, right?

nhgrif

Never mind ... I just looked up definition of arcane... Wasn't quite what I thought.

It's not the .NET of Apple.

Foundation is the .NET of Apple.

Mast

Oh

Never heard of Foundation

nhgrif

20:36

That's because before Swift, it was only one language... Objective-C

Mast

So, they split it up?

nhgrif

20:52

No.

They just created a new language (like 10 months ago it was announced).

Mast

Thanks for the heads up :)

nhgrif

But the new language (Swift) uses Foundation (and all the other base frameworks that Objective-C uses for iOS/OS X applications).

So, Foundation/Cocoa/Cocoa Touch/etc, are the frameworks (.NET is the framework). Objective-C & Swift are the languages. (VB, C# are the languages)

So also, in the Xcode vs Visual Studio.... Visual Studio has lots of source control plugins, but they're just that, plugins. Xcode comes with built-in git support.

Mast

doesn't VS have git support nowadays as well?

you can either throw your code on Teamfounndation (or whatever it's called), or make a git repo

Automagically

nhgrif

I'm not certain. I haven't used the newest full version of Visual Studio. Visual Studio... have to pay for the full versions.

Xcode completely free (as long as you have a Mac)

Mast

Latest I used was 2012

Oh, 2013

Mat's Mug

20:59

@nhgrif you can use VS Community (== Pro edition) for free if you're a freelancer or if you're writing code for open-source projects.

Rubberduck is written with VSC2013

nhgrif

Yes, but is that the fullest full version?

Mast

There's usually an Express, Professional and Ultimate

Express is free, Pro is considered full and Ultimate has bonus

But I'm not up to date with their terminology

nhgrif

It's kind of the pain about VS though. At work we haven't upgraded lately because we'd have to buy a whole new set of licenses (we're not writing open-source code).

Jeroen Vannevel

Express is gone

Community is the free version now which is equal to Professional

Mast

...

Microsoft and it's terminological nightmares

SirPython

21:03

@nhgrif I don't know Python that much, actually.

nhgrif

This is all built into Xcode.

SirPython

Wow. That's pretty fancy.

Mast

So, top with graphics?

nhgrif

Mast

It looks great, good tools to convince a manager

nhgrif

21:11

It's not just graphics. It's live graphs demonstrating your application's active CPU usage, RAM usage, Disk IO usage, Network IO usage.

And mapping it over time.

And showing where all this stuff is coming from.

Mast

that's neat

SirPython

These remind me of some features like this I saw in a video about Swift Playground

nhgrif

Swift playground is way cooler than all of this.

SirPython

Isn't Swift Playground an add-on of XCode?

nhgrif

Swift Playground is built in to Xcode. It's not an add-on. It's just a different project type.

You don't download anything extra. You just update to Xcode 6.0 or later.

Mast

21:13

If I ever get my hands on a Mac, I'll try it

nhgrif

Playground is a little buggy still, but it's magic, so yeah..

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RubberDuck

white-magic

@nhgrif No. Not the fullest version. They still offer ultimate. Not quite sure what the difference is though. I think the Test Explorer and Code Analysis have some additional features.

Mast

arcane-magic

Oh well

Night all

nhgrif

swift-magic

Mast

turtle-magic

nhgrif

21:19

Mat's Mug

@RubberDuck I know Ultimate has additional database tooling. I don't remember about the rest.. and that was VS2010 so, it's been a while since I used an Ultimate edition.

and I just reviewed a java question

nhgrif

I'm working on turning the current wall into my own personal star-fest.

I have more than half of the current starred-posts.

You guys are no fun.

Mat's Mug

:p

Lyle's Mug

I have starred nothing so far....

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RubberDuck

But........ magic

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nhgrif

21:25

swift-is-magic

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Mat's Mug

@Lyle'sMug WHAT??? WHO ARE YOU?! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO OUR MALACHI!!??

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sᴉɔuɐɹɥԀ

Did I miss the magic-fest?

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Lyle's Mug

I think I might have starred some stuff earlier.... maybe

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nhgrif

Okay hang on...

I feel like something is going on...

Lyle's Mug

3 hours ago, by Mat's Mug

^^ code is heuristically unreacheable

last thing I starred....

nhgrif

21:27

Did I miss the star-fest?

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Lyle's Mug

and I starred this as well ▼▼▼

3 hours ago, by Mat's Mug

11    GoTo 10

nhgrif

That should be a permalink to 10...

Lyle's Mug

@nhgrif I thought you started it....

nhgrif

3 hours ago, by nhgrif

10) am I missing some sort of number-fest?

Lyle's Mug

3 mins ago, by nhgrif

I'm working on turning the current wall into my own personal star-fest.

RubberDuck

21:28

@Lyle'sMug I can make an even shorter infinite loop.

1 GoTo 1

Lyle's Mug

while (true){}

nhgrif

How can I start my own star-fest? I can't star my own posts.

#define if while

#define false true

Lyle's Mug

I have been so distracted today, I really hate documentation...lol

RubberDuck

Hmm... The VBA is shorter than the C#...

Lyle's Mug

I did get a bunch of it done though, I think...

Mat's Mug

21:30

@RubberDuck goto is a valid C# keyword..

nhgrif

for(;;) // <-- 7 characters

Lyle's Mug

for (int i = 0; i > 0; i++) {}

RubberDuck

Beats me by 1 ^^

SirPython

jmp $ ; <-- 5 characters

Lyle's Mug

what is that?

RubberDuck

21:31

@Mat'sMug Why?

SirPython

x86 assembler

Lyle's Mug

oh...lol

Mat's Mug

@RubberDuck nobody knows

RubberDuck

Where's Lippert?! This must be explained!!!

Lyle's Mug

yes, that was me.

Mat's Mug

21:33

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A: Does anyone still use [goto] in C# and if so why?

There are some (rare) cases where goto can actually improve readability. In fact, the documentation you linked to lists two examples: A common use of goto is to transfer control to a specific switch-case label or the default label in a switch statement. The goto statement is also useful ...

Normally I'd try to refactor this to put the loops in a separate method which I could just return from... — Jon Skeet Jul 1 '11 at 9:00

RubberDuck

@ericlippert some of us over at http://codereview.stackexchange.com/ were wondering if you've written anything regarding why `goto` still exists in C#.

Tweeted by Rubberduck203 on April 28, 2015 at 9:35 PM

Yup. Just did that...

Mat's Mug

you didn't... </facepalm>

sᴉɔuɐɹɥԀ

On Error GoTo Hell

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Mat's Mug

oh actually it's fine, you're not implying he has anything to do with the existence of the keyword

*Error

TTQW

sᴉɔuɐɹɥԀ

I'm losing my mind over something that appears should be so simple... anyone care to look?

Mat's Mug

21:40

That's useful... I'll try doing that. As for braces style, that's how my professor likes them (though he's not originally a Java programmer either) — baum 5 mins ago

bazola

@nhgrif do you think they going to make an iPod touch 6?

nhgrif

Maybe. I wouldn't be surprised.

Duga

If you would like code review type suggestions for your code, please see codereview.stackexchange.com/tour. Otherwise, this question is not specific enough for Stack Overflow. — Greg Hewgill 1 min ago

bazola

I'm just sick of waiting, but if i break down and buy an iPhone i will only use the thing on wifi, so i hate to spend the money

nhgrif

Get an iPad?

bazola

21:48

its not the same aspect ratio though

Duga

In its current form this question would fare very poorly on Code Review as well. The question would need at least some form of description of what the code does, and that it does it as intended. — Phrancis just now

Lyle's Mug

what has the world come tooo?

JK

I should have done that a long time ago. maybe I should actually install the Twitter app on my phone. I never actually thought about it before just now....

RubberDuck

You didn't!

sᴉɔuɐɹɥԀ

So, I have a JSON object like this and I'm trying to search for a specific firstName value like so:

RubberDuck

Lyle, Lyle, Lyle....

sᴉɔuɐɹɥԀ

21:54

function search(name) {
    for (name in friends) {
        if (friends.firstName === name) {
            console.log(friends[key]);
        } else {
            console.log("No match found for " + name);
        }
    }
}

search("Steve");

> No match found for bill
No match found for steve

Tried a few other ways, and either I get invalid references, or it just prints out all data for each index

Anyone got a clue what this beginner is missing?

Jeroen Vannevel

name name name name

You're hiding your parameter by re-declaring (using?) it again in your for

that's bound to blow something up

and your friends thing doesn't look right either

if friends is a collection of friend objects, then friends.firstName can't work

use for(friend in friends) and if(friend.firstName === 'blaat')

I've got no clue where key suddenly comes from either

Javascript should be forbidden by law

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Lyle's Mug

@RubberDuck the Crocodile

is there something happening to SSIS that I should know about?

RubberDuck

@Lyle'sMug Not that I've heard. Why?

Lyle's Mug

someone at work here was saying something about it not being available or something with the newer SQL Server versions or something, then they said something about BIDS

sᴉɔuɐɹɥԀ

for (name in friends) is not re-declaring, if I did for (var name in friends) then it would re-declare... I think

@JeroenVannevel OK I'll try that when I get home, because it's TTQW!

Jeroen Vannevel

22:08

@sᴉɔuɐɹɥԀ if do use for(name in friends) then you create a loop where each iteration i taken element i from that collection and stores it in a temporary variable called name

nhgrif

You are redeclaring

Jeroen Vannevel

Try to log name in your loop and you'll notice it gets the values of the names in the collection -- not the value you passed as argument

rolfl

@JeroenVannevel I disagree.

RubberDuck

@Lyle'sMug AFAIK they just changed the name..... again.

rolfl

PHP is like PCP - a recreational drug that is intrinsicly dangerous, and yes, should be outlawed....

JavaScript, though, is like Marijuana.... a relatively harmless high with no letha side effects

Jeroen Vannevel

22:12

What about my stress levels?

I'm losing years of my life from just looking at JS code

rolfl

Well, like other things, you can choose to consume it, or not

Note that the highs people get from these things are short-lived....

Duga

This probably belongs on Code Review. — Kerrek SB 31 secs ago

rolfl

If you actually want to get rid of the headaches, and so on, then use "the real deal" things like Java, and so on.... which are like headache pills - Asprin - make you feel better, reduce pain and inflammation and reduce the onset of heart disease.

SirPython

@JeroenVannevel I believe that should be var friend, as not to create or modify (a) global variable(s).

Jeroen Vannevel

@SirPython That was my instinct as well but decided to just go with the existing usage

I'm not an experienced JS dev

Lyle's Mug

22:20

@RubberDuck so it's not SSIS anymore?

anyway TTQW

Mat's Mug

22:54

It's still SSIS, it's just BIDS has become SSDT

Quill

Monking

SirPython

Monking, @Quill

Mat's Mug

Hi!

sᴉɔuɐɹɥԀ

Hi!

Jeroen Vannevel

'night

SirPython

23:10

I just realized something: if someone from another code review site were to enter this chatroom, the would probably get a headache at seeing some of the things we say and how we say them: "Monking! I just killed a jamalized zombie. Now I'm just waiting for Santa to come. TWPTEZTIHEKIMEL."

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sᴉɔuɐɹɥԀ

So OK, I didn't realize the var in the for.. in loop was actually to hold the index of the sub-objects, good to know, thx Jeroen and @all

Still doesn't work, but I think at least it's a different problem now lol.

200_success

@JeroenVannevel @ferada @Jamal Explain closure rationale?

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Q: Please test this code

Also please give suggestions. If it's not working, please tell me. I'm not sure if it works well since I'm the only person who has ever used it. Also can I copy paste this into Android Studio to make it an app? One last question is that I want to know how to add a timer to this so people know how...

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sᴉɔuɐɹɥԀ

This code does work. — user71481 37 mins ago

RubberDuck

@200_success It's also asking how to implement a new feature.

> I want to know how to add a timer to this so people know how long it took them

200_success

I see now, and have commented.

RubberDuck

23:20

I see that. You beat me to it.

sᴉɔuɐɹɥԀ

It's hard to tell what goes where, since the code indentation is so poor

class ActionClass implements ActionListener {{
button1Pressed=0;
button2Pressed=0;}

Quill

Such a small feature, but so very helpful

Is killing a zombie defined as answering an unanswered question, or receiving an accepted answer?

sᴉɔuɐɹɥԀ

@Quill Generally, as answering an old, unanswered question. Accept is just icing on the cake :)

Quill

Thanks for clarification

SirPython

Unanswered as in no answers with votes > 1, or no answers at all?

Quill

23:27

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Q: HTML Tree Parsing in Perl

I finally converted my horrific HTML regex parsing: if ( $info =~ / Platform\sType<\/td>\n\s+<td><b>(.*?)<\/b>(.*?)<\/td>.* Codeset<\/td>\n\s+<td><b><i>(.*?)<\/i>.* Status<\/td>\n\s+<td>\n\s+<div(?:.*?)">(.*?)<\/div><br>.* Instance\sID<\/td>\n\s+<td>(.*?)<\/td>.* Instance...

html parsing perl

200_success

Are you solving the same problem? — 200_success ♦ 23 mins ago

@rolfl Explain why you think the OP is wrong?

Mat's Mug

@SirPython A zombie with an un-upvoted answer is still a walking zombie: it takes teamwork to kill zombies :)

RubberDuck

Annnndddddd.... Out of stars

Hosch250

I didn't kill any today, I'm almost done with school.

sᴉɔuɐɹɥԀ

@Jamal @200_success I tested that question's code looks like it runs fine.

200_success

23:36

It's not a question of whether it runs, as I've commented.

nhgrif

Hey... I think Xcode can do Java.

200_success

A better closure reason would be "Unclear".

nhgrif

With a plugin though, I think.

sᴉɔuɐɹɥԀ

@200_success It's a pretty bad question, I wholly agree

Not sure if that makes it necessarily off-topic though, but that's just my personal opinion

nhgrif

Hmm, never mind.

It is off-topic... He is asking fore code to be written and asking about whether a particular IDE can run it.

sᴉɔuɐɹɥԀ

23:41

Ah.

nhgrif

114

A: Many question askers seem to only want the code, not to understand how to solve their problem

You shouldn't be writing your answers specifically tailored to the specific scenario asked about in the question or specifically tailored to the specific user asking the question. Your answer should certainly solve their specific problem, but your answer shouldn't be quite so specific. Instead,...

This is getting downvotes...

Interesting. No negative comments explaining anyone's problem with the answer.

200_success

Some people just wanna gimmetehcodez.

Quill

If they want to become better programmers, they should be asking for advice, not an immediate solution

sᴉɔuɐɹɥԀ

Hm, after firing it up, it never seems to get past this method: public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)

Legato

@sᴉɔuɐɹɥԀ What's happening/where?

sᴉɔuɐɹɥԀ

23:45

Meh, moving on lol.

Legato

I'm interested. :D

sᴉɔuɐɹɥԀ

		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {

			int action = Integer.parseInt(e.getActionCommand());
			switch (action) {
			case 1:
				if (button2Pressed == 1) {
					cl.show(constant, "2");
				} else {
					button1Pressed++;
					ready1.setText("READY!");
				}
				break;
			case 2:
				if (button1Pressed == 1) {
					cl.show(constant, "2");
				} else {
					button2Pressed++;
					ready2.setText("READY!");
				}

				break;

			}

		}

From that ugly question. Swing never goes past and out of this method, AFAICT.

Legato

Well, if you're saying that it's not running the method, the code surrounding it/calling it should be where the issue lies.

sᴉɔuɐɹɥԀ

Yeah I guess so. Like I said, moving on ;)

Jeroen Vannevel

using integers as booleans

Is this C?

Or Android?

The Paleozoic era?

sᴉɔuɐɹɥԀ

23:49

It's JAVA

Legato

Oh god JAVA.

I really want to see the rest of this code.

What are you working on, if you don't mind me asking?

sᴉɔuɐɹɥԀ

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Q: OpeningScreen for game using Swing

Please give suggestions. I'm not sure if it works well for others, since I'm the only person who has ever used it. If it's not working, please tell me. Also can I copy paste this into Android Studio to make it an app? One last question is that I want to know how to add a timer to this so peop...

java

Captain Obvious

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Q: OpeningScreen for game using Swing

Please give suggestions. I'm not sure if it works well for others, since I'm the only person who has ever used it. If it's not working, please tell me. Also can I copy paste this into Android Studio to make it an app? One last question is that I want to know how to add a timer to this so peop...

java

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Q: String permutations

It is a code eval challenge question https://www.codeeval.com/open_challenges/14/. My answer was accepted, and I modified my code again to improve it. Please let me know is it possible to improve it more. #include <iostream> #include<fstream> #include<algorithm> #include<string> void create_per...

c++ c++11

Legato

I don't have your image files, but I can run it.

RubberDuck

Does everyone hate code they wrote 6 months ago? Cuz I certainly do.

Quill

23:58

@RubberDuck I hate code I wrote yesterday

sᴉɔuɐɹɥԀ

@Legato If you click either (or both) of the "CLICK IF READY" buttons though, it never goes past that. At least for me.

Legato

They work.

Goes from that to Ready

Don't see why you don't think they would.

Duga

RELOAD!

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