You may not know the guy in black. You should definitely be knowing the guy in green. Don't you? I am not a patron of his philosophies against planned design. But he sure is a great guy with lots of good ideas. It was nice having an hour long chat…
Alright, it is a long wait. And I am going to keep it short. Recap of the problem: Why did the ref variable in SomeMethod not get the expected result (DayOfWeek.Friday) when called from a different thread? Boxing. Yes, that is the culprit. Sometimes, it is subtle to note.…
Straight to code….. int SomeMethod(string arg1, string arg2, ref DayOfWeek arg3) { // Wildest implementation! } The above method had to be executed on its dispatcher thread. So let unravel a bit of the wildest implementation above. int SomeMethod(string arg1, string arg2, ref DayOfWeek arg3) { if (Disptacher.CheckAccess()) { var funcDelegate…
Currying is a mathematical concept based on lambda calculus. It is a technique of operating on a function (taking multiple arguments) by splitting and capable of chaining into a series of single argument functions. It is very similar to what a human would attempt to do on paper. For example,…
template<typename A, typename B> class TClass { public: TClass() { } // Overload #1 public: std::string SomeMethod(A a, B b) { std::ostringstream ostr; ostr << a << "-" << b; return ostr.str(); } // Overload #2 public: std::string SomeMethod(B b, A a) { std::ostringstream ostr;…
We all know C# does not offer multiple inheritance but offers arguments that programmers can live without it. It is true in almost all cases, especially all cat and animal or employee and manager projects. I have seen a few cases where if C# offered multiple inheritance, the solution would…
There are two facilities in C# to determine the size of a type – sizeof operator and Marshal.SizeOf method. Let me discuss what they offer and how they differ. Pardon me if I happen to ramble a bit. Before we settle the difference between sizeof and Marshal.SizeOf, let us…
Senthil has left us thrilled in his new post, and also inspired me to write about the topic. Although, anonymous delegates have become a mundane stuff amongst programmers, there is still these subtle stuff left unexplored. Alright, let us try to answer Senthil’s question before he unravels the…