You became a programmer anarchist. What are some conventions that you don't want to follow along?

Thompson Lee · 2012-10-05T15:01:01

Conventions are put in place so that others will know what were defined correctly. All is good when one follows the conventions. But what if one doesn't? Surely, if there's a good side, there has to be a bad side. Seeing a giant switch..case code? Convert them all to if...elsif...else. Or replace all if...else to using a ternary operator. See a function returning an integer? #define that integer as FUNCTION_RETURNING_VALUE, and set that in place. See a small method? Add meaningless code that does nothing inside the method, to make it look like it's done professionally. (Works nicely with VS C++ compiler, as they optimize code upon building the codes. All meaningless codes will be erased from build.) Have a meeting? Be a badass. Defying the conventions sounds fun, but intrusive to the industry. So, the inner child of me have mixed feelings about this.

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Started by tom_mai78101 October 03, 2012 03:41 PM

26 comments, last by RLS0812 11 years, 6 months ago

Cornstalks

7,033

October 05, 2012 06:13 AM

Stop using data structures. Instead, just make a function that takes a bajillion arguments. Example:



// Used to be:

const Image combine(const Image& image1, const Image& image2)

{

...

}



// So now it's:

void combine(const char* buf1, int width1, int height1, int pixelFormat1, const char* buf2, int width2, int height2, int pixelFormat2, char* outBuf, int& outWidth, int& outHeight, int& outPixelFormat)

{

...

}

I'm not entirely sure what the point of this thread is, so this is me guessing like I'm playing along.

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Heath

357

October 05, 2012 06:34 AM

How about you upload a virus that's sorta like in Superman 3. Just be sure and watch the decimal places, or you might have a sudden attack of conscience and start working in construction.

Krohm

5,051

October 05, 2012 08:10 AM

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Previously "Krohm"

Hodgman

52,717

October 05, 2012 11:02 AM

P.S. Anachism != chaos, deliberate rebellion against rules.
Anarchism == rejection of central authority/acknowledgement of individual authority and voluntary rule abidance with no monopoly on power.

Anarchist programmers would probably still voluntarily adhere to decent guidelines (because they're beneficial to projects), but anyone would be free to participate in the guideline forming process, or democratically propose an alternative set of guidelines, instead of some arbitrary manager forcing the decisions down the hierarchy a la dictatorship style.

Valve is basically an anarchist games company.

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way2lazy2care

793

October 05, 2012 12:35 PM

Fucking Hungarian notation will kill me. Fuck that, and fuck that to hell. Underscores are also pain in the ass.
private: int _omg; int __uberomg; int some_stupid_calculation = __uberomg + _omg * __uberomg / __uberomg + __othervar + __more_private_variable + __underscore;

double underscores make me sad

Cornstalks

7,033

October 05, 2012 01:46 PM

[quote name='alnite' timestamp='1349382031' post='4986871']
Fucking Hungarian notation will kill me. Fuck that, and fuck that to hell. Underscores are also pain in the ass.
private: int _omg; int __uberomg; int some_stupid_calculation = __uberomg + _omg * __uberomg / __uberomg + __othervar + __more_private_variable + __underscore;

double underscores make me sad

[/quote]
You shouldn't even be using double underscores (anywhere). Unless you're implementing C++, in which case, have fun sucka!

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Dynamo_Maestro

770

October 05, 2012 02:03 PM

I pretty much try to follow standard conventions like a sheep.

Terminology etc is often 'reworded', for example "reflection", almost anything that requires the use of that word gets reworded in basic words. "Iterate" became "cycle" because well why not ;) and I never use the word compile, its "build" to me. Small things I guess no real complaints yet.

I have been questioned on why I have my own set of unique tokens though but honestly TODO: just isnt good enough for everything.

For XAML bindings, class names have 'Interface' at the end, and Mode is always explicitly declared

RLS0812

3,045

October 05, 2012 03:01 PM

There is always programming everything on one line ( most languages, you can do this ), or using a very over complex language such as BrainF###.

If you don't want to learn an overly complex language, why not simplifying everything by using an outdated language such as FORTH ?

I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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