Oldman.setHealth(0.0); //it is subunitary, but undefined behavior - will it access the 'numeric value' overload, or the 'subunitary numeric value' overload?
Use absolute number to remove the minus. Math.abs()
Oldman.setHealth(0.0); //it is subunitary, but undefined behavior - will it access the ‘numeric value’ overload, or the ‘subunitary numeric value’ overload?
Same result either way, so whatever if branch is first.
Understand the purpose. If you want to kill the old man with 0, then there's no point to leaving it as 0.9%, understand the non-linear characteristics of life and death.
When you're dealing with the low level functions, sure, you can keep it simple. When you're reaching the surface of user input, you're either going to waste time with validation and error reporting, or you're going to waste time with interfaces that can handle more shit without complaining. There's no fool proof either way, but good luck pissing users off with endless docs.
Don’t write your own code just yet.
If your goal in programming is just to be a traffic cop between the user input and the database, all you're doing is building a virtual bureaucracy, the kind that people really hate and is easily generated with coding tools. Or you're just deferring the "smoothing out" burden to the UI developers.
Yeah, in Ren'py games usually it's character_health=100 or something.
Yes absolutely, the parameter even if not in a strongly typed language should be a specific number and the unit should be implied. Overload the method to support different units if necessary or provide a unit as an additional parameter instead of forcing the method to parse the string for any unit type hints that may or may not be there
WHY IS THE HEALTH INPUT PARAMETER A GODDAMN STRING?????????????
Why are you passing ‘%’ inside said goddamn string?!?! Not to mention the static reference instead of the actual instance.
Shame on you
Also putting
sudoin front of what looks like Java code not shell.OldMan.setHealth("Robert'); DROP TABLE Students;--")
Finally someone with some wisdom
I guess its just a reminder that getting a PhD is often more about dedication than it is about practical knowledge.
Because the meme wasn't made by someone with a doctorate in CS or even a bachelor's.
Smells like JavaScript.
It's not his fault the world is made this way.
He just has to follow it or else that man dies.
Found the legacy support person
They use a look-up table with every value from 0% to 100%
Floating points included for thoroughness!
Honestly, if someone were to try to safe my life. And I find out he uses a string as a parameter to do so. Just let me die right there.
The high level setter function should be made to handle both string and numeric values.
If it contains "%" it's a percentage value.
If it's a string without a "%" it's an absolute value and needs to be normalized.
If it's a numeric value, it's an absolute value.
If it's a numeric 100, it's 100%.
If it's a subunitary numeric value, it's a percentage.
absolute lunacy
Absolute (cm)
adding one
0:100%, automatically changes unit to %
(Word table properties)
Oldman.setHealth("dicktits"); //normalize pls
Oldman.setHealth("-100±1%"); //make percentage pls
Oldman.setHealth(0.0); //it is subunitary, but undefined behavior - will it access the 'numeric value' overload, or the 'subunitary numeric value' overload?
Don't write your own code just yet.
0Reject operations.
Use absolute number to remove the minus.
Math.abs()Same result either way, so whatever if branch is first.
Understand the purpose. If you want to kill the old man with
0, then there's no point to leaving it as 0.9%, understand the non-linear characteristics of life and death.When you're dealing with the low level functions, sure, you can keep it simple. When you're reaching the surface of user input, you're either going to waste time with validation and error reporting, or you're going to waste time with interfaces that can handle more shit without complaining. There's no fool proof either way, but good luck pissing users off with endless docs.
If your goal in programming is just to be a traffic cop between the user input and the database, all you're doing is building a virtual bureaucracy, the kind that people really hate and is easily generated with coding tools. Or you're just deferring the "smoothing out" burden to the UI developers.
"5%1 "
...ends with. And there are more ways to parse.
Yeah, in Ren'py games usually it's character_health=100 or something.
Yes absolutely, the parameter even if not in a strongly typed language should be a specific number and the unit should be implied. Overload the method to support different units if necessary or provide a unit as an additional parameter instead of forcing the method to parse the string for any unit type hints that may or may not be there