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Re: What is your favorite WC++IETJ?

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On 4/30/2015 9:28 AM, Stefan Ram wrote:
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> 
>   Well, C++ also has its difficulties here. For example, when
>   one wants to read a number, but the user enters a string,
>   one needs to reset the stream in a laborious way, before the
>   read operation can do another attempt at reading a number:
> 
> int x; bool ok; do
> { ok = ::std::cin >> x;
>   else
>   { ::std::cin.clear();
>     ::std::cin.ignore
>     ( ::std::numeric_limits< ::std::streamsize >::max(), '\n' ); }}
> while( !ok );
> 
>   and the meaning of »ok = ::std::cin >> x« is also not
>   very obvious to a beginner.
> 

Which is why it's a bad idea to write code such as this, especially
without any comments.  A code review should reject it (and would on the
projects I have managed).

You can obfuscate your code in almost any language (including Java).
Some make it easier than others.  But that does not mean it's a good
idea.  Unless there is an overwhelming reason otherwise, code should
always be clear and easy to understand - even if it does take a few more
lines to make it so.

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Re: What is your favorite WC++IETJ? Sebastian <news@seyweiler.dyndns.org> - 2015-04-30 14:52 +0200
  Re: What is your favorite WC++IETJ? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-04-30 10:03 -0400
  Re: What is your favorite WC++IETJ? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-04-30 12:18 -0400
  Re: What is your favorite WC++IETJ? Robbie Brown <rob@example.com> - 2015-04-30 20:37 +0100

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