Amir Taaki [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: š Original date posted:2011-10-24 šļø Summary of this message: A developer ...
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Original date posted:2011-10-24
šļø Summary of this message: A developer discusses the maintainability and readability of the Bitcoin source code, mentioning potential issues with conflicting variable names and other coding practices.
š Original message:Hahaha you mean like unitialised variables, inheriting from containers with non-virtual dtors (CScript) and delicious copy pasta coding (PushMessage, bignum and serialize stuff).
No need to worry about that :)
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From: John Smith <witchspace81 at gmail.com>
To: theymos <theymos at mm.st>
Cc: bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 6:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Fwd: bitcoin scope issue in main.cpp
Yes, I know that. It compiles.
If we pulled all the 'This is legal in C++' tricks in the bitcoin source it would be even less maintainable and readable than now. But whatever...
JS
On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 10:51 PM, theymos <theymos at mm.st> wrote:
It's legal for a scope to define variables with names that conflict with
>the names of variables in higher-level scopes.
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šļø Summary of this message: A developer discusses the maintainability and readability of the Bitcoin source code, mentioning potential issues with conflicting variable names and other coding practices.
š Original message:Hahaha you mean like unitialised variables, inheriting from containers with non-virtual dtors (CScript) and delicious copy pasta coding (PushMessage, bignum and serialize stuff).
No need to worry about that :)
________________________________
From: John Smith <witchspace81 at gmail.com>
To: theymos <theymos at mm.st>
Cc: bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 6:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Fwd: bitcoin scope issue in main.cpp
Yes, I know that. It compiles.
If we pulled all the 'This is legal in C++' tricks in the bitcoin source it would be even less maintainable and readable than now. But whatever...
JS
On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 10:51 PM, theymos <theymos at mm.st> wrote:
It's legal for a scope to define variables with names that conflict with
>the names of variables in higher-level scopes.
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>The demand for IT networking professionals continues to grow, and the
>demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly.
>Take a complimentary Learning at Cisco Self-Assessment and learn
>about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities.
>http://p.sf.net/sfu/cisco-dev2dev
>_______________________________________________
>Bitcoin-development mailing list
>Bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net
>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
>
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demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly.
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about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities.
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