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Clean code: formatting rules, dependent functions, multiple calls [closed]
About formatting Here are two scenarios in which the details of the formatting are described. How should in the clean code way, this be formatted Scenario 1: Dependent functions of dependent functions ...
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What's the use case for formatting monetary values with a *system-dependent* currency symbol?
Many high-level programming languages have built-in features to format a number with a system-dependent currency symbol: -- Outputs $100.00 (en-US) or € 100,00 (de-AT) Console.WriteLine(100.ToString(&...
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What happen to string.ToCommonSenseCase()?
I'm very confused about this. In most programming languages, there are string.ToUpperCase(), string.ToLowerCase(), sometimes Capitalize() (which capitalize the first letter of the string), even ...
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Abstract composition hierarchy with multiple implementations
I need to implement a class hierarchy and be able to implement it in multiple ways. I want to create a logical representation of a query language, and then be able to parse it to/from different ...
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How to represent a set in JSON?
JSON supports the following data structures (Java equivalents): Scalar, Array/List, and Map. A Set is not supported out-of-the-box in JSON. I thought about several ways to represent a set in JSON: [...
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Why not return dates as a string from the database?
In a typical web application, dates are retrieved from the database layer strongly typed (e.g. in c# as a System.DateTime as opposed System.String). When a date needs to be expressed as a string (e....
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Image resolution in a RESTful interface
Background I have a RESTful HTTP API. I have a resource. GET /my/cat HTTP/1.1 Clients may want to retrieve the image representation of this resource. GET /my/cat HTTP/1.1 Accepts: image/png ...
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Under what cirumstances would type 'System.Object' qualify for serialization?
I'm in charge of a comprehensive serialization format with support to serialize runtime objects (any derived type of Object). I can't find a sane scenario where one would choose to serialize an ...
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