User Adrian McCarthy

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Are single-character constants better than literals?

answered Jul 6, 2016 at 22:28

13 votes

What is the point of unit tests?

answered Jun 14, 2023 at 16:08

9 votes

How does this switch statement do "multiple things"?

answered Jun 11, 2021 at 21:17

7 votes

How do you safely delete a piece of code that looks like it's never entered?

answered Mar 8, 2017 at 22:56

4 votes

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Why use multi-purpose getters that take an enum value, rather than separate getters?

answered Jan 28, 2019 at 23:18

4 votes

Never make public members virtual/abstract - really?

answered Sep 5, 2019 at 20:10

4 votes

Is it possible to build a system to generate UUIDs where every UUID is guaranteed unique?

answered Jan 16, 2024 at 23:55

3 votes

What data structure could a word processor use to map the user's caret position/text selection to its internal representation of the document?

answered May 12, 2021 at 18:52

3 votes

Should I choose repeated code in unit test or test logic? Can I avoid both?

answered Apr 3, 2022 at 15:25

3 votes

Should the solution be as generic as possible or as specific as possible?

answered Nov 30, 2017 at 22:57

2 votes

What to do when code submitted for code review appears to be too complicated?

answered Dec 18, 2016 at 18:34

2 votes

I never use pointers in my C++ code. Am I coding C++ wrong?

answered May 27, 2020 at 17:41

2 votes

Is there a name for the hierarchy of "trustworthiness" many engineers use while debugging?

answered Nov 16 at 15:06

1 vote

How to track C++ class traits?

answered Jun 28, 2020 at 15:55

1 vote

C/C++: Which conversion warnings make sense in practice?

answered Aug 15, 2024 at 17:59

1 vote

How to write correct loops?

answered Dec 14, 2017 at 18:40

1 vote

Calling full functionality private functions from public functions

answered Feb 7, 2019 at 19:41

1 vote

How can I efficiently write a complex if or switch condition that depends on a combination of two (or more) variables?

answered Mar 1, 2019 at 18:40

0 votes

How to avoid comments about one line of code for cleanliness

answered Feb 6, 2020 at 21:33

-1 votes

When to write a custom exception handler?

answered Jun 6, 2024 at 17:41

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Are single-character constants better than literals?

What is the point of unit tests?

How does this switch statement do "multiple things"?

How do you safely delete a piece of code that looks like it's never entered?

Why use multi-purpose getters that take an enum value, rather than separate getters?

Never make public members virtual/abstract - really?

Is it possible to build a system to generate UUIDs where every UUID is guaranteed unique?

What data structure could a word processor use to map the user's caret position/text selection to its internal representation of the document?

Should I choose repeated code in unit test or test logic? Can I avoid both?

Should the solution be as generic as possible or as specific as possible?

What to do when code submitted for code review appears to be too complicated?

I never use pointers in my C++ code. Am I coding C++ wrong?

Is there a name for the hierarchy of "trustworthiness" many engineers use while debugging?

How to track C++ class traits?

C/C++: Which conversion warnings make sense in practice?

How to write correct loops?

Calling full functionality private functions from public functions

How can I efficiently write a complex if or switch condition that depends on a combination of two (or more) variables?

How to avoid comments about one line of code for cleanliness

When to write a custom exception handler?