The 2nd Monitor

Snowhawk04

07:00

why does that tag exist?

nm, looks like it was synonymized with c++

Gemtastic

Monking

Mast

@Snowhawk04 stl is the name of the STandard Library in C++. Although it's usually inferred with std afaik.

Snowhawk04

I know, but there is no other use for stl outside of c++. It's just a core language feature.

Vogel612

Monking

Morwenn

Nope, stl means Standard Template Library, which is only a part of the C++ standard library, the one proposed for standardization by Alexander Stepanov.

STL is iterators, containers, algorithms & function objects if I recall correctly.

Mat's Mug

07:08

learned-something-lurking-this-room

Snowhawk04

but hey, i'm also in that boat that anything tagged as c++ should be c++14 and if you dont have access to the current standard, you dialect tag it with c++98 c++03, etc

Mast

I think it started as an answer to reinventing-the-wheel. It basically states "When possible, keep it in the STL". Eliminates secondary libraries.

@Snowhawk04 No!

That will break legacy!

Morwenn

I'm for having separate c++ and c++xx tags. I look for general or specific C++ questions here on a daily basis.

Mast

Weren't those tags meant when specific features of those standards were used?

Much of the code I write now will still compile in 10yo compilers.

The timestamp doesn't indicate features used.

Morwenn

Much of the code I write doesn't compile with last year's compilers ._____.

Snowhawk04

07:15

I've always considered the tags to represent the dialect, but then again, i've never tried to look for gnu++xx tags

Mast

@Morwenn Your code is probably better than mine. Everything I wrote in C++ the past 3 years was either experimental or hobby. I'm not up to date with the latest standard, neither is my compiler (max C++11).

Although I want to try my hand on lambdas in C++, so I probably need to upgrade soon.

Morwenn

@Mast Much of what I write is also experimental. I never have serious projects, I only land a hand to other people's projects from time to time.

Mast

I'd love a job where I could keep my knowledge about standards up to date as part of my job description.

I'm currently writing in languages I know nothing about without the time to learn them properly.

Which is bad.

I don't mind learning something new, just give me the time to learn it. I had such an assignment earlier, forced me to learn Python and follow the standards.

Best job ever, although only for half a year.

Morwenn

Concerning Python and C++, I more or less following the development process, so I more or less know what exists and sometimes read articles about how to use the new features.

Some articles transcend mere language/library knowledge and propose simple but interesting idioms. I think that those are the ones I prefer :)

Mast

With Python that's simple. I learned 2.6.4 and stuck with it.

But I should really keep up my C++.

Morwenn

07:24

I don't know whether it's possible to keep up with C++ without having at least some toy projects.

Captain Obvious

0

Q: HTML2canvas on a scrollable div on Modal dialog

Hi Am using HTML2canvas plugin for converting a DIV inside a modal dialog. The conversion works fine. But that div is having vertical scroll. So on the final image there is nothing was converted after the scrolled hidden area. Only the visible top portion of the div is in the rendered image. So h...

Morwenn

You ought to try Python 3.4 then :D

Mast

Perhaps not. I think it's a good idea to have one modern and one legacy language you're good with.

But that's personal preference.

Some keep FORTRAN as their dinosaur language...

Morwenn

Generally speaking, the most "legacy" Python that's often used is Python 2.7. But many things were backported to it, so it's still a modern legacy language.

Mast

I mainly use Python as a scripting language or to build test cases with.

Probably not the way it should, but hey, for somebody who never learned to unit-test...

Morwenn

07:28

I tend to forget that I'm among the few who develop graphical applications with Python .____.

Python is often used C++ library writers as a generation tool.

Mast

Python can generate everything, even antigravity.

VHDL does not have a sin or cos function. So with the latest FFT I build I had to write LookUp Tables in which the values where stored. Ofcourse I'm not going to write those by hand, so I wrote a generator in Python for it.

One of the ugliest things I ever wrote, but it worked.

For some values of worked.

Mat's Mug

holy carp, 3:37AM

I hope it was worth it

0

A: 2015 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire

A question is flagged: Please delete this question - my boss has seen it and says it contains confidential code - he's freaking out and wants me to remove it, but I can't delete it. The question was asked 3 days before, it has 2 answers, one is accepted. How do you respond? This is a situati...

Mast

@Mat'sMug Thank you for your effort.

Mat's Mug

> Then we'd either agree (either way) or ~~MORTAAAAL KOMBAAAAT!!~~ take it to meta for the community to decide.

@Mast thanks! :)

TTGTB

Duga

07:44

Well, test it and you will see! Take a look at codereview.stackexchange.com — Alex H 27 secs ago

Mast

Darn, Mat's really took it beyond the call of duty.

That answer.

Stack Exchange

08:59

0

Q: Why are primary voting scores public?

I don't see how showing everyone's score publicly helps to select moderators at this point. Surely it just encourages bias in the voters to inflate high scores? Why randomise the order they appear in but then still give them a very clear and obvious ranking that is the first thing a voter will se...

discussion election

chillworld

monking @Mast

Mast

@chillworld You're still alive :)

chillworld

yes of course :)

Simon André Forsberg

09:22

@EthanBierlein I believe such messages is a big reason for why you're mod nomination is getting downvoted.

@EthanBierlein Standardizing Brainfuck...? Wait, what? Sounds a bit interesting though, I'd love to hear more.

@Quill @Mat'sMug There's nothing that states that elections are held annually. Elections are held when they are needed, though probably at maximum annually. Those who become moderators are in it for life (or until they step down voluntarily), at least that's what I heard from @rolfl as far as I can remember.

Captain Obvious

0

Q: Dijkstra's algorithm without relaxation (Python)

I'm trying to implement Dijkstra's algorithm in Python, but the issue is that Python doesn't have support for key-based heaps out of the box, so applying relaxation step of the classical algorithm presented in CLRS becomes cumbersome. My idea is to keep maintaining current total distance and the...

python python3 graph search

Duga

Title is still misleading, and I think the question is more for Code Review — tmoreau 42 secs ago

Mast

`Anyone who gets in between me and my morning coffee should be
insecure.` *~ RFC 2324 chapter 7*

Markdown.destroy(now)

chillworld

09:59

@Mast just very busy with a prototype so I'm in the chat, just not following it always

Captain Obvious

0

Q: Would this C code run faster if I use sockets instead of cURL for GET requests?

First of all, I would like to know if there is any difference (execution-time) in C between: GET request made by using cURL GET request make by using sockets (BSD sockets) Second, I've done a C program which parses a XML file (without using any xml-specific library) and makes a GET request ...

c xml

0

Q: use public fields instead of using getters and setters

I was writing class Player with private fields and getters and setters. But the number of methods started to grow, I used lists and maps so additionally I had to create methods to get size of them and every item by index, key and etc. I got tired and decided to use public fields instead of ge...

java

0

Q: Suggesting "safe enum" class for ISO C

There are quite some questions and answers about how to make enum really type-safe and I didn't find a solution that ensures both type safety and valid values. So I took some ideas and extended it to my own generic solution, somehow resembling to enum classes used in some other languages. My sol...

c

Mast

I know the feeling. I'm just very good at getting distracted in some states.

I've been in such states often the past couple of weeks.

@CaptainObvious That's both a request for CR and a feature request (actually timing request). I'm not too fond of how the question is asked, but it appears on-topic.

Duga

@AlexH Codereview is for code that already works. codereview.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic — jacwah 28 secs ago

@AlexH This question would be locked the instant it arrived on Code Review. Do not suggest migrating if you're not familiar with the specific SE. — Mast 9 secs ago

Mast

10:16

@Mast / jacwah Im very sorry. — Alex H 48 secs ago

Captain Obvious

1

Q: Should I return IQueryable<T> from My Repository in Repository pattern design pattern?

I am developing an application based on Repository design pattern. What should be the return type from the Repository? This is my UserRepository class public class UserRepository : Repository<UserMaster>, IUserRepository { public UserRepository(DbContext context) : base(context) ...

c# entity-framework repository join

Mast

10:37

For the java enthusiasts: When did JAVA turn into Java? I often see it capitalized in old RFC.

Captain Obvious

0

Q: What kind of setter do I need write?

I'm new in the OOP. Please, help me. I marked some property like "obsolete", and created 2 collections. What kind of setter do I need to write in these(obsolete) properties for backward compatibility (I use this property in the tests and in the old version of my product)? [Obsolete("This is fo...

c#

Mast

@CaptainObvious Feature request

DJanssens

Monking

Quill

Monking

DJanssens

I started to become active on the SO community and today I already noticed that I really dislike it there.

Quill

10:48

Why so?

CR set your standards too high? ;-)

Mast

They are not as friendly as us.

Or we're just better at hiding our evilness, pick one.

Quill

why-cant-we-have-both?

DJanssens

First of all it's hard to post first, in addition when you manage to answer first. A high reputation user (probably) just down votes your answer that looks almost exactly the same, so he will get the AA. :D

Anyway. How are you all doing on this fine day?

Madara Uchiha

Y U NO LINK TO Code Review IN ROOM DESCRIPTION?

Quill

@MadaraUchiha 2 kool for dat

@DJanssens Yeah, we try and explain to the author here what's wrong with their post, and help them make it on-topic, but over there, it's just a barrage of downvotes without explanation.

DJanssens

10:53

I totally agree.

Actually it's pretty smart, by down voting the competition which costs only 1 reputation you improve your chances a lot of getting 15 reputation. :/

Mast

@MadaraUchiha I think the description became too long to include the link.

Quill

@DJanssens Sneaky smart, rather than clever helpful smart, unfortunately

Mast

The result of not wanting to use get and set methods:

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Q: Adventure game player using public fields instead of getters and setters

I was writing class Player with private fields and getters and setters. But the number of methods started to grow, I used lists and maps so additionally I had to create methods to get size of them and every item by index, key and etc. I got tired and decided to use public fields instead of ge...

java oop comparative-review adventure-game

rolfl

@MadaraUchiha Because recent changes were made in haste ;-)

room topic changed to The 2nd Monitor: General discussion about Code Review codereview.stackexchange.com - Site Business always comes first [addicted-to-cr] [just-saying-hi] [kick-the-trolls] [monkey-business] [my-code-is-compiling] [nice-people-room]

Gemtastic

my-code-is-compiling :')

rolfl

11:06

@Quill There's a meta post somewhere on MSO, or MSE about how to game the system.

Quill

@rolfl lol

rolfl

@Gemtastic if you add tag: in there like [tag:my-code-is-compiling] then the system will make it a tag: my-code-is-compiling

Gemtastic

:D

I learned

Mast

my-tag-is-compiling

rolfl

493

Q: Six simple tips to get reputation fast on any Stack Exchange site

From "6 Simple Tips to Get Stackoverflow Reputation Fast" at codexon.com: Be the First to Answer. Even at the cost of quality. Use Downvotes and Comments Strategically Use obnoxious in-your-face formatting and lists. Be Aware of the 200 rep/day Limit Edit, But Don’t Edit Too Much Associate your...

discussion reputation article strategy

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Q: What should be done to people who downvote strategically?

In the infamous 6 Simple Tips to Get Stackoverflow Reputation Fast Some real bad advice was dished out in #2 Use Downvotes and Comments Strategically. The thing that really annoyed me is: If you can’t be the first to answer, it may help you to temporarily down-vote the top answer so th...

discussion voting down-votes social-manipulation

Mast

11:11

@rolfl That question should be locked instead of protected.

Historical significance, but a terrible question.

I voted this up because it contains a list with bold items. — Jeff Atwood ♦ Aug 25 '09 at 11:02

facepalm

rolfl

Perhaps... and, note, that while I am aware of the strategic comments/downvotes.... I have never used that strategy myself.

Gemtastic

"Use Downvotes and Comments Strategically" Someone did that to me yesterday

rolfl

I am not aware of anyone using it on this site. We don't typically work FGITW style....

@Gemtastic Not on this site, right?

Gemtastic

@rolfl Nope, on SO of course

People here are nice

Ismael Miguel

@Gemtastic If you think that people on StackOverflow aren't that nice, don't step into their meta

Gemtastic

11:16

@IsmaelMiguel It was on the normal site.

Mast

To further prove my point, here is a picture of a bunny with a pancake on its head:

Gemtastic

XD

Mast

Proof by poor analogy?

Perhaps even proof by obviousness...

Ismael Miguel

@Gemtastic I know, but trust me. Their meta is way worst.

Gemtastic

Actually their meta has been way kinder to me than their community

rolfl

11:18

Heh, I have recently been posting the stats for flags on the main site and how they have been affected by the elections.... here's the effect on meta, though:
- past day: 10 flags, average handling time 0 days 0 hours 40 minutes 0 seconds
- past week: 25 flags, average handling time 0 days 0 hours 30 minutes 0 seconds
- past month: 40 flags, average handling time 0 days 0 hours 43 minutes 0 seconds
- past quarter: 61 flags, average handling time 0 days 1 hours 7 minutes 0 seconds
- all-time: 220 flags, average handling time 1 days 5 hours 7 minutes 0 seconds

Gemtastic

And by community I mean when you post something to the site. The chat community is very nice

Ismael Miguel

Lets just say that I quit entirely from using their meta, and almost gave up on the entire StackExchange network thanks to them

Mast

I made 10 meta flags today, all deemed helpful.

Duga

Maybe this belongs in codereview.stackexchange.com algo php is not really involved in the question — Mauricio Gracia 56 secs ago

Mast

@Duga Don't migrate crap.

Ismael Miguel

11:24

That question is bad by nature

Vogel612

@MadaraUchiha my fault...

rolfl

@Vogel612 - I meant to tell you, that your answer-post for the nomination questions impressed me - not only for being prepared ahead of time (you did your homework early), but also because your points are all really well made, etc.

Vogel612

@rolfl should I tell you a secret?

I wrote that impromptu when the question was asked

rolfl

11:39

Huh.... well, I guess I am more impressed then ...? ;-)

Vogel612

sure I thought about it before, but ... I didn't have a draft :)

rolfl

You were pretty quick on the draw.... like 5 minutes, or something

Vogel612

nope.. an hour...

rolfl

Ah.... now I see that I have mixed my compliments... @Hosch250 was well prepared - 27 minutes in, but maybe he started after too....

I think I will just say I have foot-in-mouth disease, and only open my mouth to swap my feet.

Vogel612

I think he had a draft, but not for all questions :)

rolfl

11:42

The rest of my attempted compliment still stands ;-)

Duga

No, but this worked like a charm! :) — Paulo Torrens 1 min ago

Simon André Forsberg

I am impressed by some of the answers on the meta

Vogel612

@rolfl thanks :)

rolfl

Each of the answers has impressed me..... I have issues with each of them too... ;-)

Vogel612

hmm.. I'd love to hear in the other room or in a comment :)

Simon André Forsberg

11:44

or after the election...

I'd love to hear @rolfl's answers to the questions, too bad he's not running.

rolfl

My two key questions, about "confidential code", and "chat moderation" have all been answered in ways that I feel are partially wrong.... rather - different to how I would do it.

Simon André Forsberg

in Code Review Moderator Election 2015, 1 min ago, by rolfl

My two key questions, about "confidential code", and "chat moderation" have all been answered in ways that I feel are partially wrong.... rather - different to how I would do it.

The moment when you're unable to decide where to post a chat message?

rolfl

That ^^^ ;-)

Morwenn

David Guetta - Dangerous (Lyric Video) ft Sam Martin

►

rolfl

Donald has an advantage when it comes to some of his answers, because he has experience.

@SimonAndréForsberg I should do that. (answer the questions).

Vogel612

11:48

hmm. I think it's a little different when compared to other sites though, (at least for the confidential code thing)

rolfl

The condifential code issue has been raised about a dozen times since I became mod - rather, I have handled it about a dozen times

It is a very uncomfortable place to be as a moderator.

Simon André Forsberg

It seems like @Donald.McLean's answers might be the ones that stand out the most, compared to the others.

Mast

@rolfl Regardless of what the 'right' answer is, how is such code usually handled by the moderator team?

Or would such information be privileged?

Simon André Forsberg

@Mast <spoiler-alert>

2

rolfl

Spoiler alert.... ^^^

Simon André Forsberg

11:50

I don't think I want to know "the right answers" until the election is over.

rolfl

@Mast Remind me after the elections to post my answers.

There's nothing "privileged" about the process.... it is even public knowledge, and policy.

Vogel612

disassociation / DMCA is the only two options I see

disassoc doesn't help with the code-spread though, so DMCA seems to be the best course of action..

Ismael Miguel

@SimonAndréForsberg I've downvoted him. I've never seen a singe thing he did (I'm not saying he doesn't answer questions and stuff).

Simon André Forsberg

right, I forgot to write disassociation in my answer to the meta. Although if it's confidential code, I think that's an unlikely option to be chosen.

Mast

@rolfl Bookmarked, now I hope my memory will still contain that information after the election.

Ismael Miguel

11:52

If I spend 1/3 of the day in the site and can't see any work from here, something is a bit wrong

rolfl

@IsmaelMiguel He's one of the silent force on this site, although he's very active here in chat.

Mast

@IsmaelMiguel He's probably active the moment you're not.

Simon André Forsberg

@IsmaelMiguel He's not a moderator on Code Review, he's moderating two other sites. He does seem to prefer to do keep a low profile while moderating though.

Ismael Miguel

Never saw him, honestly

rolfl

His domain knowledge is extensive, but in a small domain.

Mast

11:53

He starts somewhere after 4 PM CET, usually.

Vogel612

@SimonAndréForsberg 200 does, too..

Mast

Earlier sometimes.

Ismael Miguel

CET?

What's that timezone?

Mast

European...

Simon André Forsberg

Central European Time

rolfl

11:54

Simon André Forsberg

GMT +1 (GMT +2 during Daylight Savings Time)

Ismael Miguel

OH

Mast

@SimonAndréForsberg Watch out with DST though, I think it's GMT +2 during DST.

Simon André Forsberg

correct ^^

Ismael Miguel

@Mast Yup, which makes Portugal a GMT+01:00 zone this time of the year

Morwenn

11:55

timezones...

Ismael Miguel

Now, a question that has nothing to do with this: why no one talks in UTC offsets?

Mast

I either talk in GMT or in Zulu

rolfl

@IsmaelMiguel UTC has no offsets... it's just UTC.

Ismael Miguel

GMT is acceptable

Mast

@rolfl I think he means timezones like UTC+6

Ismael Miguel

11:56

@rolfl But there's PEST, PST, CET, CEST, other weird timezones

Quill

I have all my clocks in UTC

Ismael Miguel

Same here

Simon André Forsberg

@IsmaelMiguel S = Summer, very often. CEST = Central European Summer Time.

Vogel612

@IsmaelMiguel wat... the plague has it's own timezone?

Quill

but yeah, utc offsets are easier

Mast

11:57

@Vogel612 Pacific Eastern Standard Time?

Something like that.

Vogel612

ya

Ismael Miguel

It's just a bloat of confusion

UTC/GMT is easier

Yeah, it is longer to say GMT+01:00 than CET(?)

Vogel612

@IsmaelMiguel it's not.. because one includes Leap-Secs and the other doesn't IIRC

Ismael Miguel

IIRC?

Mast

If I Recall Correctly

Simon André Forsberg

11:59

If I Remember Correctly, IIRC

Ismael Miguel

I have troubles with abbreviations, sorry

Mast

We don't

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A: What's a Zombie? And what are the many other memes of Code Review?

Name: Overly long acronyms Originator: Simon André Forsberg with this message Cultural Height: The 2nd Monitor Background: IWNPFETTOLAI (I will not provide further explantion than this overly long acronym itself)

Vogel612

don't worry, better ask before confusion

Mast

Especially Simon, he loves them

Vogel612

@Mast they went down a little, lately

Ismael Miguel

12:00

@Mast That's a good example of an acronym/abbreviation that would take 3 years to remember

Question: why no one uses SirPython's bot?

(I don't use because I don't have anything worthy to share)

Mast

@IsmaelMiguel It's new and not yet finished. Also, I think it's located in a different room than this.

Ismael Miguel

@Mast It is, but the integration here would be painless and take only 5 seconds

Quill

@IsmaelMiguel Mods have to give their opinion before a bot is allowed in here

Something like that, right, @rolfl?

Ismael Miguel

Well, I've left an option for SirPython to allow moderators to control the bot.

I would like to see more use on the bot

Mast

@IsmaelMiguel What's your role in this bot?

Ismael Miguel

12:09

@Mast Borrowed and developed more than half of it

rolfl

@Quill It's not an official policy, but effectively, yes

I think I can summarize it as:

1. all bots in this room need to be tools, not toys
2. any bot can be evicted/suspended if it misbehaves or becomes a problem
3. highly, highly recommend you test/introduce your bot in a separate room and inform the mods before you let it loose in this one.

Additionally, this is all at the discretion of the mods, who respond to the sentiment of the community.

Ismael Miguel

I think that point 1 and 2 are covered, point 3 is being covered.

But, currently, no decision can be made (due to the elections)

rolfl

in other words, something useful, and not distracting, and well-introduced and not a pain, will be welcome.

Ismael Miguel

@rolfl Have you tried the bot?

rolfl

Adding features to existing bot would be preferable than adding a new bot, I must admit.

@IsmaelMiguel I ran Duga itself on my home computer for a bout a week, is that what you mean?

Mast

12:16

@IsmaelMiguel Are anti-spam measures in place?

rolfl

@Mast Nothing more than the regular chat restrictions.

(something like 1 message each 3 seconds, or something).

Ismael Miguel

@Mast They are being implemented. The only thing missing is a limit in the number of pimps

I think it is 10 seconds

And no, that isn't what I meant

But you can run it yourself, it is on SirPython's github

It runs on a browser, in the console

rolfl

1

2

3

4

5

not 10 seconds.

aabout 2... or escalating.

140

A: The Complete Rate-Limiting Guide

Rate Limit Rationale Comments Voting 5 comment flags/day 30 comment upvotes or deletes/day no minimum wait time between votes Deleting (treated like voting) no limit Creating Three comments per 30 seconds Editing comment can be edited every 5 seconds by its author or a diamond m...

Morwenn

12:35

Interesting article about flat collections and cache-friendliness

Mast

Definitive guide about caching

Quill

-15

Q: Why should I contribute to Stack Overflow?

While browsing the internet I came across this post related to Stack Overflow. It was posted by a Stack Overflow user. Some of the excerpts were as follows (I excluded some of the points mentioned by the author as it highly critizes Stack Overflow): The problems I see with StackOverflow are s...

discussion support stack-exchange

Reddit: Is Stack Overflow overrun by trolls

Mast

@Quill He's mostly right though.

StackOverflow is filled to the brim with people giving fishes.

Quill

I disagree - SO is not overrun by trolls, it is overrun by assholes. There's a difference.
Anyway, you're mostly OK if you
don't ask any questions.
post answers only in unpopular tags
I have over 20k rep and am still afraid to ask questions.

Mast

That ^^

Quill

12:48

(From the Reddit Link)

Ethan Bierlein

yawn Good morning

Mast

Monking

Ismael Miguel

Good morning dude

Simon André Forsberg

"why should i contribute to stackoverflow?" - if you don't want to, you shouldn't. If you do want to, what further reason do you need? If you later decide that you don't like it any more, stop. — jonrsharpe 2 hours ago

Ethan Bierlein

Hello

Simon André Forsberg

12:53

jonrsharpe for president!

Ismael Miguel

@rolfl Sorry the delay on answering. I have a delay of 5 seconds and I still get the HTTP error 409

Quill

The decline of Stack Overflow

rolfl

@IsmaelMiguel Not 418 .... ;-) (HTTP_I_AM_A_TEAPOT)

Ismael Miguel

No no, not that one

It would surprise me if it happened

rolfl

> 409 Conflict Indicates that the request could not be processed because of conflict in the request, such as an edit conflict in the case of multiple updates.

jacwah

12:55

Is it okay to answer a performance related question with information about profiling etc and no actual code?

Quill

@jacwah I wouldn't, but if it's substantial enough

Ismael Miguel

I wouldn't do that

Mast

@EthanBierlein You're into killing zombies, right?

Simon André Forsberg

@jacwah what question are we talking about?

Quill

Normally, it'd deserve a 'You've presented an alternate idea, but haven't reviewed the code' comment

Ismael Miguel

12:56

@rolfl That's the HTTP error that I get when sending too many messages

jacwah

5

Q: File parser convert to node data and neighbouring relational data

I have been working on a file parser that takes a very specific file format and parses it into a list that is arranged into node data and the neighbors that it relates to. I am new to Python (this is my very first program in this language), so I am not familiar with more advanced methods of solvi...

python beginner parsing

Simon André Forsberg

@Quill profiling information isn't an alternate idea though

jacwah

I could write a really long comment...

Quill

@SimonAndréForsberg Aren't you the one who made the auto-commenter plugin?

Simon André Forsberg

@jacwah When you say "with information about profiling", do you mean that you would profile the code for the user, or just inform them about the fact that profiling exists?

Mast

12:57

@jacwah As long as it's specific profiling information and not some sweeping statements like 'you should profile this'.

rolfl

@jacwah There is never a requirement to have code in a review answer

Mast

That would be comment instead of answer.

Simon André Forsberg

@Quill I use it, didn't create it.

Ethan Bierlein

@Mast Oh yah

Quill

@SimonAndréForsberg I see

Mast

12:58

@EthanBierlein Found a fat one, but I'm not sure if you like the languages

10

Q: C++ API for interfacing with Lua

I wanted a good way to move objects back and forth between Lua and C++, and I didn't want to use anything like LuaBind or the other available libraries I could find, so I instead wrote this. It's designed to be similar to the normal Lua API, which has functions like lua_tostring or lua_tonumber, ...

c++ api lua

jacwah

I would describe the process of profiling in python and why it is useful for optimizing code

The OP didn't include a data set so I can't easily profile it myself

Mast

@Mast asked Jun 15 '11 at 5:22

Simon André Forsberg

@jacwah that sounds like something you could write on more or less every Python question? If so, I'd recommend making it a comment instead of an answer.

Quill

@Mast Feel free to throw a bounty at it

Captain Obvious

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Q: C++ custom ArrayList class, should I use dynamic allocation within class?

After lurking about stack exchange for awhile and after writing this class. I've come to the conclusion that I don't necessarily understand what my code is doing in the context of memory management; however, my general concern while writing said class was to practice writing code with good memory...

c++ memory-management memory-optimization

Mast

13:01

@Quill With my rep, that would be a small one.

jacwah

@SimonAndréForsberg The OP specifically mentions running time performance

Mast

I may ask @janos to put it on his list.

Quill

@Mast Ask someone then, rolfl threw a bounty at a question earlier in like thirty seconds

Simon André Forsberg

@Mast I'd prefer it if answers had some weight to them. Posting answers where you have to do a lot of guesswork, just for the case of "killing a zombie" is not what I want CR to become.

@jacwah more or less every performance-related Python question then?

Mast

@SimonAndréForsberg Ofcourse, I'm all for decent answers. Did I infer otherwise?

I was saying I'm not sure he was proficient enough to answer them, asking to make sure.

Simon André Forsberg

13:03

Very well.

Mast

Communication is difficult.

I'm not too good at it.

jacwah

@SimonAndréForsberg Essentially, yes. I'll write a comment.

Duga

Hi, Following is the link to the code review : — Learner 10 secs ago

rolfl

@Duga No it is not.

Now it is:

Hi, Following is the link to the code review : codereview.stackexchange.com/questions/96078/… — Learner 1 min ago

Duga

@Olaf I know. I don't want a code review, but answers to questions at the end of post. Probably the first one is a little bit too broad. Avoid it. — LPs 47 secs ago

Malachi

13:07

Olaf? that would have been a good name for a bot....

Mast

@Duga Looks like it.

Captain Obvious

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Q: Multithreaded Network Server

I would like the following code reviewed: I am trying to create a local server which listens indefinitely and provides the latest information. The server runs another while loop which fetches the latest info every one hour. I have tried multi-threading approach, in which one thread...

python multithreading socket

Mast

@Duga I'm fighting with a very bad protocol, called DMX. It may not be pretty, but it's not that bad...

Quill

> Michael Richter does a good job of defining this attitude and its causes in his post on “Why I no longer contribute to StackOverflow” — he calls the higher rep devs “the high school cool kids table”

Oh good, an orwellian reference

> For many of the same reasons Huxley’s dystopian A Brave New World is more creepy and disturing than Orwell’s dystopian 1984, Quora is more creepy and more disturbing as a Q&A community than Stack Overflow.

Quill

13:24

in Maid Café (メイド喫茶), 39 secs ago, by Quill

A lot of the smaller sites can individually assess each post and determine it's worth, but with sites like SO you have this huge hose of cleanliness and it works to get rid of most of the junk, but it's also washing away the regulars and potential new users

Donald.McLean

Greetings, Programs.

maaartinus

@Quill I actually strongly disagree with the SO policy, too. Junk should be thrown away, that's fine, but border case questions should be first answered and then closed.

Mast

@Donald.McLean Greetings, Stargazer.

Malachi

Sorry, completely new user. Won't happen again, although could you possibly point me toward a more proper forum or subforum? — Jonathan Hernandez 10 mins ago

for explaining code?

Ismael Miguel

@Ishael Apologies for that, I don't immediately know of any plugins that do this, however I'm sure there's a few out there. Good Luck :) — Quill Apr 14 at 23:27

I've seen plenty of ways to write my name

Isamel, Ishamel, Ishmael, Isabel (girl name)

But that's a new one

Quill

13:37

I'm so sorry, I'll fix immediately

Ismael Miguel

Don't worry dude

Mast

after all, if one's imagination readily grants full human rights to future AI programs, robots, dolphins, and extraterrestrial aliens, mere color and gender can't seem very important any more.

Gender and race are irrelevant.

Captain Obvious

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Q: VBA excel looking for tips to speed up the code

First of all thx for taking the time to read my post. Second, I made this excel file for work but I had totaly no experience in VBA so Google was (is) my friend The code is working but slow. Is there a way to speed it up or make it more compact but still easy to read? Private Sub CommandButton2...

vba

Simon André Forsberg

@Malachi I edited it to make it, IMO, on-topic here.

Duga

Think this would be better on codereview.stackexchange.com — dev-null 27 secs ago

I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it belongs on codereview.stackexchange.com — dev-null 17 secs ago

Mast

13:48

On what SE would asking for a full list of holy-war topics in the software world be on-topic?

Programmers?

I doubt it.

Simon André Forsberg

@Mast full list of ---> nowhere

Wikipedia is a good place for lists, not SE.

Mast

Close to.

Duga

So, there is no problem with the code and you are looking for a code review, like @dev-null has said. — Xotic750 17 secs ago

Mast

>_>

Simon André Forsberg

@Duga this is what a SO moderator has to say about a close vote like that.

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