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Re: binary freads

2009-11-26T12:26:35Z

I think you'll find it's more than that. When using FTP on an ASCII
client to get/put a file on an EBCDIC host (or vice versa), the text
is also converted.

Re: binary freads

2009-11-26T13:28:22Z

...and if its opened as a text file, the eof char is sent inline to
indicate the end of the file.
C.

Re: unusual OR syntax

2009-11-26T14:06:49Z

I find them much EASIER to understand. It's not a "cool factor" - it's
an "understandability factor".
And using logical operators as they are meant to be used is maximal clear.

Re: unusual OR syntax

2009-11-26T14:05:25Z

I guess you wouldn't take anyone on who does OO programming, either,
just because someone on the team might not understand it. And maybe
someone doesn't know how to use functions effectively, so better not use
them. Whoa - "for" loops can be quite confusing. Better not use them,
either.
Heck - just go back to assembler. It's very straightforward.

Re: unusual OR syntax

2009-11-26T13:12:18Z

This is absolutely the correct attitude, and if I were employing any
programmer I'd choose a team player who took maintenance into account
over anyone using "cool tricks".
Yes.
Nothing at all.

Re: unusual OR syntax

2009-11-26T13:12:25Z

Curtis Dyer schreef:
Hi Curtis,
Absolutely.
Yes.
But they are harder to understand.
That is the reason I avoid them.
I am aware of my low 'cool factor' by saying so, but I don't care for
that anymore. :-)
If I want to solve riddles, which I like to do, I'll get a dedicated
riddlebook for that.
And when I am programming I try to be maximal clear. Not only for

Re: unusual OR syntax

2009-11-26T13:05:19Z

matt schreef:
Really?
I have seen much shittier reasoning, daily. ;-)
I guess we have different approaches to programming (which is fine).
I ALWAYS put clarity of code above brievety.
Personally I rather read (or write) through a few lines of extra code
that is clear than through a one liner bunch of cool tricks (like some

Re: binary freads

2009-11-26T04:30:19Z

BINGO!
Sure about that? Don't be.
If you fread() a native file in text mode, lines end in \n from the
point of view of the program doing the reading, regardless of whether
the file really contains \n, \r, \n\r, or \r\n or something even
wierder. If you fread() a file in binary mode, you see what's

Re: unusual OR syntax

2009-11-25T23:29:46Z

On 25 Nov 2009, Erwin Moller
<Since_humans_read_this_I_am_s pammed_too_m...@spamyourself.c om>
wrote:
Short-circuit evaluation seems to be fairly well-known, and, IMO,
should be considered essential knowledge for a programmer. As
Micha says, even if you don't use it, it is important to be aware
of it.

Writing and reading comments from a GIF file

2009-11-25T22:18:00Z

Hello there
I am in need of some help.
I need to read and add text to inside a gif file. I know from the
format specs there is a Comment Block to write but I don't have a clue
while using PHP's file functions do get this job done...
Does anyone have some code to accomplish this?
Thank you

Re: unusual OR syntax

2009-11-25T19:05:21Z

.oO(Tim Streater)
It's just a feature, you don't have to use it. It can have benefits as
well as drawbacks. IIRC in some languages you even have to option to
enable lazy evaluation in the compiler if you want to.
Personally I consider it quite useful, espcecially in a scripting
language.
Micha

binary freads

2009-11-25T18:21:58Z

From <[link]>:
"On systems which differentiate between binary and text files (i.e.
Windows) the file must be opened with 'b' included in fopen() mode
parameter. "
My question is... what's the difference between a binary fread and a
regular one? The difference between binary and ASCII mode on FTP

Re: unusual OR syntax

2009-11-25T17:47:20Z

This is indeed plain ugly and I never use it.

Re: unusual OR syntax

2009-11-25T17:33:09Z

On Nov 25, 7:20 am, Erwin Moller
[snip]
Right...for the same reason, we shouldn't use OOP, or any other
language feature that another programmer might not be familiar
with???? That's the shittiest reasoning I can imagine!
And there, I just plain disagree with you :)

Re: unusual OR syntax

2009-11-25T17:28:10Z

Incorrect. It is in many languages. And frequently used to order logical
sequences so that the more expensive are only done if the quicker ones
pass.