Questions tagged [variables]
Variable or scalar is a storage location paired with an associated symbolic name (an identifier), which contains some known or unknown quantity or information referred to as a value.
206 questions
0 votes
3 answers
322 views
Use of environment variable or appsettings as a counter, good or bad practice [closed]
I'm wondering if it's bad practice to have a variable in a webserver which counts the amount of incoming requests and put it in an environment variable. In C# for example you have System.Configuration....
- 383
1 vote
2 answers
324 views
Variable assignment in ECMAScript specification in detail
I am trying to wrap my head around what the ECMAScript specification suggests about variable assignment. Introduction: Coming from Java, this is pretty straight forward. Variables get stored at a ...
- 237
0 votes
2 answers
757 views
Can a UUID be called a constant?
From my understanding, a constant is a value which is assigned only once and cannot change at runtime, whereas variables have mutable values which are unpredictable by nature. My question is, to what ...
- 53
10 votes
7 answers
2k views
Is global state really always bad?
I have a question regarding my general understanding of global state in software engineering. When I write an app I like to decompose it into little, manageable components and functions, that are ...
- 109
32 votes
6 answers
8k views
Do inline expressions obstruct readability of code?
Currently, I'm reading "Code Complete" by Steve McConnell, 24.3 chapter "Specific Refactorings". I've become kind of confused with 4th paragraph, that looks like: Move an ...
- 1,015
4 votes
2 answers
3k views
What does "set" mean in programming languages like C#?
I've been reading a book about C#. What does the word 'set' mean in the following excerpt? Pattern matching with the switch statement: Like the if statement, the switch statement supports pattern ...
- 75
0 votes
1 answer
349 views
Is there a reason why you shouldn't use 'integration variables'?
I tend to create a variable whenever I need an uncircumstantially same value as to that of an earlier value more than once (the values are not happening to be the same by chance rather they actually ...
- 197
-2 votes
3 answers
4k views
Is there the difference between "symbols" and "characters" in programming?
I want to select between "symbol(s)" and "character(s)" for my variables' names in cases when these terms are synonyms. Please teach me some information which allows to make this ...
