to null or not to null - Why use boolean for a simple flag when you can use a fucking nullable string? Kurwa no. - devRant

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deviloper

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I imagine some "refactor" later, some new programmer, forced by new requirements, changing this with:

if ( $full == 'empty')
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HCC5GDKc7

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@deviloper fortunately we're dumping this shit project soon and writing new version from scratch
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kamen

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@kacper3w New version, new atrocities (different than these) :D
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b3b3

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What kind of black magic is this??
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platypus

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@maushax I think you'll find it's *mine* that's better.
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dontPanic

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That's a fucking gem right there
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kescherRant

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Use a nullable boolean and have three possuble values
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lorentz

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@kescherRant I actually unironically do that sometimes on C# when I need a "maybe" value.
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HCC5GDKc7

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@Lor-inc if only there was some magigal construct in C# that would allow you to do just that semantically correct...

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/...
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lorentz

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@kacper3w Can you make one state of an enum mean true, the other false, and the third throwing a compiler error?
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lorentz

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The compiler forcing me to handle the null state explicitly helps in many cases.

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