awful programming: feature flags and suffering

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flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

hey computer

WHAT

how big is a char

A CHAR IS 0x001 BIG

char *anArray = new char[100];

OK

what's &anArray?

0x6000

convenient. what's the address of the first element

0x6000

and the second?

0x6004

wa.... wahat?

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flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

if i define an array explicitly with char asdf[100], the element[i] of asdf will be i bytes away from wherever asdf[0] is

but if i declare it with char *ptrAsdf[100], then element[i] of asdf is 4i bytes away from asdf[0] and that's why i'm confused

doubly confused because on onlinegdb both arrays' elements are 1 byte apart

the answer is that i'm bad at c++ and i'm cool with that much, i just don't know why i'm getting 2 different answers to the same question

# ¿ Jul 17, 2018 20:48

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

oh gently caress me

thanks i need a break

# ¿ Jul 17, 2018 20:52

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

Share Bear posted:

i really like python ive found it very easy to work with and get stuff done in as long as i never ever have to deploy it outside one specific environment

# ¿ Jul 17, 2018 21:08

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

Deep Dish Fuckfest posted:

always put the * next to the base type, not the variable name! it's part of the type!

hi i'm a half-forgotten book from 1997 with an important announcement about asterisks

gently caress them and malloc too

(thanks i was kinda wondering about that)

# ¿ Jul 17, 2018 21:13

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

Sapozhnik posted:

Nope, this is where you hosed up.

&anArray is a pointer to a pointer to your 100 chars.

That being said where did you get that other pointer, like from (&anArray)[1] or something?

Also nice 32 bit dev machine for a clown to use at etc etc

yup i befuckled it

course fun, so what

# ¿ Jul 18, 2018 00:53

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

Peeny Cheez posted:

Almost.

code:

if (isBarFalse.toString().toLowerCase()=="false")
                                                                       {
        return new Boolean("true").booleanValue()
       ;}
        return null;

NOW WE'RE COOKING WITH GBS!

# ¿ Jul 18, 2018 19:03

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

oh hey assert() is dead, that's good news

try
{wait i already validated this, gently caress off}

throw (my hands in the air like i do not care)

# ¿ Jul 19, 2018 00:46

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

Luigi Thirty posted:

my x86 assembly knowledge really only applies to DOS and the 486 era

hi mister gibson, thanks for warning us about those raw sockets

# ¿ Jul 19, 2018 15:45

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

file io in c++ is hard and it makes me feel stupid

# ¿ Jul 20, 2018 19:58

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

c assignment s: it compiled

this was way too much work for a five-point question but they said "everything i could think of"

i'm afraid to run it

whoops gently caress you can't do that with inputs, this is an old version where did oh gently caress i saved over it thanks sublime

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