The Weird and The Wonderful

Tom Delany wrote:

I also like the return of the char pointer that points to the middle of the constructed string.

Tom Delany wrote:

return out + strlen( out );

PIEBALDconsult wrote:

To avoid the Shlemiel the painter's algorithm[^] problem.

supercat9 wrote:

the painter's problem could be adjusted to give whatever performance dropoff is desired between day #2 and day #3 by specifying that the paint dries out with time. When the painter makes shorter trips, he can use up all the paint on his brush before it dries out. After a certain point, however, drying will become a factor. Depending upon whether the paint is useful until it dries out and then becomes useless, or whether painting becomes slower as the paint gets drier, different performance characteristics may be achieved.

Rob Grainger wrote:

I'd have thought that would return a pointer to the character after the constructed string.

Tom Delany wrote:

He gave the file a .CPP extension, but there was nothing really C++ about it.

Tom Delany wrote:

he was forcing sprintf_s

Arnaud Lhopiteau wrote:

The point is: Why on earth would someone open a cursor on a 1 row set?

Thomas Weller wrote:

It seems to me that your job is really really hard

AhsanS wrote:

Programming is never hard

AhsanS wrote:

if it is programming