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Should we put a space after keywords and before parenthesis? And if so, why? #csharp #programming #coding

When you override a method in Visual Studio it inserts a call to the base as an expression body method call This is almost never what you want. You typically want to add your own code and call the base, so need a regular method However, there's no setting for this. @mkristensen

@glugalug @QandAinPublic @javarevisited In C# you’d return an IReadOnlyList<string>

I mean const *objects*. In C++ const has many uses. Something like this you would return a const pointer to the list and the caller could only call const flagged methods through that pointer. C# has the readonly keyword for params but this is done backwards and for object params it applies to the pointer assigned to that object variable, not the object it points to. Very similar concept with shared references in Rust.

Would you approve this PR? class User { private List<String> roles = new ArrayList<>(); public List<String> getRoles() { return roles; } } What’s the hidden risk?

@robmen @mkristensen I’m surprised to hear you say this. I find VS incredibly fast.

@mkristensen If it's C#, I use VS. If I'm debugging, I use VS. For everything else, I use VS Code. Without a strong code model/Intellisense, VS is too slow to navigate code compared to VS Code.

What features or extensions make you jump from Visual Studio to other IDEs and editors to perform certain tasks?

@mkristensen I’m a massive fan of Visual Studio, but it feels like every update breaks something or adds a “feature” that’s annoying and can’t be disabled.

Since applying the February Visual Studio update it no longer gives a warning about an async method not having an await. Is that intentional? @VisualStudio @mkristensen

The latest VS update has a problem, @mkristensen. Prior to the update I had the IDE setup so that I didn't have to put a space between the ; and the } in a property. After the latest update it now insists on doing it, and I can't find a setting to disable it!

Copying in @VisualStudio

@GamewithDave Loading games from cassette tape

Age yourself with something kids today wouldn’t understand 🤔 I’ll start: Installing a game across 6 floppy disks.

A new optional value package for #GoLang github.com/foxesknow/opti…

We all agree?

@r0ktech The top one, but there shouldn’t be a a space between if and the (

As a developer which one do you prefer ?

@oprydai Because Mac OS is crap

why would you do this when iMac exists?

Does anyone know of a Visual Studio setting that won't use expression bodied members when you ask VS to implement an interface or abstract method? I just wanted them implemented as "regular" method. #VisualStudio #csharp @mkristensen

Someone just said it

windows troubleshooting source code leaked💀

Is a new computer a million times as fast an old one? I ported a Dhrystone benchmark all the way back to the PDP-11/34, then ran it on everything I could get my hands on up to a 7995WX Threadripper and M2 Mac Pro. Some of the numbers are historical. These are, of course, single-core tests. The Threadripper could be doing 96x as much work as it is... Here are the numbers! Code can be found at: github.com/davepl/pdpsrc/…

@ChShersh @boar_from_haifa Because your boss is an arsehole.

@boar_from_haifa Why would you ever leave a job that pays so well

Good luck actually getting one of those jobs. They pay top salary for a reason.

@sam_ferree @Dave_DotNet Never use booleans for method parameters. Use enums instead.

@Dave_DotNet strongly encouraged for all literals, mandatory for boolean flags

Who else likes to selectively use Named Arguments to improve method call clarity in C# #dotnet