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[–] whimsy@lemmy.zip 54 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Semantic satiation. Or whatever it's called, i think ive officially lost it after reading this

[–] bytesonbike@discuss.online 5 points 1 month ago

I read the code like half a dozen times and my brain hurts.

[–] 18107@aussie.zone 47 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Is "main" a valid Java identifier?

yes

package main;

public class main {

    static main main;
    String Main;

    main(String main) {
        Main = main;
    }

    main(main main) {
        System.out.println(main.Main);
    }

    main main(main main) {
        return new main(main);
    }

    public static void main(main...Main) {
        main:
        for (main main : Main) {
            main = (main instanceof Main) ? new main(main): main.main(main);
            break main;
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        main = new main("main");
        main.main(main, main);
        main = main.new Main(main) {
            main main(main main) {
                return ((Main)main).main();
            }
        };
        main.main(main);
        main.main(main,main);
    }

    abstract class Main extends main {
        Main(main main) {
            super("main");
        }

        main main() {
            main.Main = "Main";
            return main;
        }
    }
}

[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 18 points 1 month ago

Main, obviously.

[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

This is your main on drugs 🍳

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago
[–] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I can see how this may be useful. My understanding is that this is go lang and the person created a wrapper type UUID and this function takes the go standard library uuid.UUID and returns the wrapped UUID.

The wrapped UUID could be useful as you can then define methods for it like toInt() or something to make it implement some ID interface you have set up. It's a common pattern in go to create a thin wrapper around an imported type so you can implement all the methods required for some interface you defined. It does make naming those thin wrappers hard because what are you supposed to name the struct that just contains a uuid?

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 17 points 1 month ago

Yep, that person would be me and that's exactly what I was doing, just found it funny that there was so many uuids in the piece of code.

Originally the function was named FromUuid but I couldn't resist renaming it to make it even better.

[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Clearly, the answer is uuid.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

Where did i put that Spiderman x3 pointing meme?

[–] HakunaHafada@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 month ago
[–] jbrains@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 month ago

New Dutch programming language just dropped.

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 19 points 1 month ago

When you get a new boss at Twitter who ranks people by lines of code written

I've read so many tutorials like this. func Func Myfunc()

If you write textbooks like this you and your family should be boiled in sewage.

[–] ExperimentalGuy@programming.dev 9 points 1 month ago

Why I love the Into trait in rust

[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

If this was C:

#define uuID func
#define uuiD return
[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago

#define satan fubarx

Plot twist: it returns the bios serial.

[–] carrylex@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago
[–] paequ2@lemmy.today 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Not exactly the same, but this reminded me of the MuffinMail.MuffinHash.MuffinHash talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9pEzgHorH0

[–] Randelung@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

A colleague wrote Java style Python. SomethingDispatcher().dispatch() all the way. It's a mess. Poor guy was thrown into the deep end and left alone for a year. I don't blame him for the outcome.

Meanwhile, functools.partial is one of my favorite tools. I wrote a whole SCADA system in which the initialization just builds data pathways using functools.partial so that incoming event callbacks can be handled with all necessary resources already in scope. Any missing data is made apparent at init, not at event time. It's fast and stable (and I'm pretty proud of it lol).

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Picture isn't loading for me?

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago

Thanks, kind stranger. And wow, I haven't seen that much UUID since I coded for Second Life.

[–] mere@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

are you from the UK by any chance

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] mere@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

same - i think it's because the image is blocked in the UK because of the online safety act. Try using a VPN and see if that helps

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Actually I've since learned that it's because imgur was collecting kids' private data, and decided to block the UK rather than stop.

[–] mere@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

omfg of course, classic $BIG_CORP$ stuff

[–] xoggy@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The feeling you get when searching your codebase for references to your "uid" variable but this cheeky boy keeps popping up.

[–] cbazero@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago

n, n, n, nn, nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn, n, nn, n, n,n ....

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

i've now read UUID so many times i'm starting to think it's some kind of sex disease

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That must one awkward conversation... "Can you explain where did you get the uuid from?"

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

i told you last logic loop NO

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago
[–] four@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Shouldnt it be return UUID { uuid: uuid.uuid } ?

I think it would make more sense AND more uuid per UUID

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The first UUID is a local type, the second is the name of an embedded struct, the third is the name of the variable.

The struct looks something like this (writing this on my phone)

type UUID struct { uuid.UUID }

So, basically, this is a custom wrapper for a third party UUID implementation.

[–] four@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

Ahh, that makes sense then

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

I'm assuming it's a map/dictionary notation here, rather than a type hint

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

My coworkers also introduce needless additions to the call stack