Re:The compiler flag that time forgot
by asveikau on Tuesday May 05, 2015 @10:44AM
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> the Dispose pattern in .NET,
Which is important. I have seen an awful lot in practice that you can't rely on GC to happen at all, or happen promptly if it does. Plus things like file handle leaks have even worse consequences in Windows than elsewhere. IDisposable is great to standardize manual cleanup across objects.
> include guards
Whose behavior is bleedingly obvious the first time you see it.
I am thinking if you believe these things are "cargo cult" (despite disagreeing with the term) you must be thinking of fairly mediocre programmers, who look at code and don't get curious about the explanations for things.
Which is important. I have seen an awful lot in practice that you can't rely on GC to happen at all, or happen promptly if it does. Plus things like file handle leaks have even worse consequences in Windows than elsewhere. IDisposable is great to standardize manual cleanup across objects.
> include guards
Whose behavior is bleedingly obvious the first time you see it.
I am thinking if you believe these things are "cargo cult" (despite disagreeing with the term) you must be thinking of fairly mediocre programmers, who look at code and don't get curious about the explanations for things.