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Saksida Bojan11-Mar-10 5:43

Saksida Bojan

11-Mar-10 5:43

I do not know the answer, but I would put it to the test. And forcing it to run through the loop many times. Lets say 1000 times. and add a measuring system. And see what results you get

Keith Barrow11-Mar-10 5:54

Keith Barrow

11-Mar-10 5:54

If possible, a better object model.
Enums are often the sign of a missing inheritance hierarchy, I many times before using them. The other thing they lead to is switces, which are almost the work of the devil. This follows Martin Fowler's work on re-factoring:

http://www.refactoring.com/catalog/replaceConditionalWithPolymorphism.html[^]

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PIEBALDconsult11-Mar-10 6:45

11-Mar-10 6:45

That might work...

harold aptroot11-Mar-10 6:00

harold aptroot

11-Mar-10 6:00

An array of delegates is approximately 4 times as slow, if the switch is non-sparse and compiled down to a switch instruction in MSIL

PIEBALDconsult11-Mar-10 6:53

11-Mar-10 6:53

And a V-table for a class hierarchy might be as well?

harold aptroot11-Mar-10 8:23

harold aptroot

11-Mar-10 8:23

So, I benchmarked it.
Switch: 150
Array of delegates: 676
Abstract methods, sealed: 2868
Abstract methods, not sealed: 2866
(the number is the tick count / 10 million, for a loop of 500 million iterations)

I'm surprised to see that sealed vs unsealed made absolutely no difference..
All tests were done in 64bit mode, on release, with no debugger attached, using the Stopwatch class. The methods did nothing, the switch had some integer additions in it to keep it from being optimized away (not sure whether it would even do that, but an addition is nearly free anyway and it's safer that way)

PIEBALDconsult11-Mar-10 10:12

11-Mar-10 10:12

Yowch! I had a feeling that calling methods would outweigh the switch, but that's surprising. Thanks.

Article? Big Grin | :-D

harold aptroot11-Mar-10 10:44

harold aptroot

11-Mar-10 10:44

You're welcome

But a whole article about this? I'd have to dig up the "real disassembly" (without debugger attached) to make it article-worthy..

Luc Pattyn11-Mar-10 6:04

11-Mar-10 6:04

I'm familiar with that dilemma as I regularly write CPU simulators for all kinds of processors. When an instruction gets decoded and needs being dispatched, the choice boils down to:
- create a small method for each of the instructions, and make all CPU state global or pass it back and forth; this would use an array of delegates/function pointers;
- create one huge method with one huge switch and perform everything that is reasonably possible inside that one method, keeping all state local.

As simulation is all about performance, I go for the huge and ugly switch. That is about the only time I create a method exceeding 1000 lines of code.

BTW: it is often impossible to take advantage of known invariants; e.g. switching on a byte and presenting cases for all possible values [0..255] isn't sufficient to keep most compilers from generating out-of-bounds testing code. Yes, I know, the expression type gets promoted to int in most C-like languages, but that is not really relevant, the compiler could easily infer the possible range.

Smile | :)

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Dave Kreskowiak11-Mar-10 6:38

Dave Kreskowiak

11-Mar-10 6:38

Luc Pattyn wrote:
as I regularly write CPU simulators for all kinds of processors.

Sooooooo...where are the articles to go along with these?! Big Grin | :-D

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Luc Pattyn11-Mar-10 6:58

11-Mar-10 6:58

Won't happen as:
1. None of that is public.
2. It is a vast topic.
3. I expect most potential readers would find the subject very dull, as it presumes good knowledge about the processor at hand.
4. Coding for performance, when taken to the extreme, goes against all normal coding guidelines; I'm not inclined to show the ugly beasts I sometimes create!

Smile | :)

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DaveyM6911-Mar-10 7:56

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11-Mar-10 7:56

Luc Pattyn wrote:
I'm not inclined to show the ugly beasts I sometimes create!

That's gotta be worth a 5!

I'm creating a bit of a 'beast' at the moment - I hope I have some time to refactor it before anyone reviews the code! Unlikely as it's going live tomorrow (if I can complete this evening) and so long as it works then no one will be interested D'Oh! | :doh:

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PIEBALDconsult11-Mar-10 8:03

11-Mar-10 8:03

DaveyM69 wrote:
refactor it before anyone reviews the code

Right, that's basically what I'm doing -- revisiting my code before I publish it. I find this to be a good exercise.

Dave Kreskowiak11-Mar-10 9:11

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11-Mar-10 9:11

Luc Pattyn wrote:
goes against all normal coding guidelines; I'm not inclined to show the ugly beasts I sometimes create!

Chicken sh!^. Laugh | :laugh:

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dybs11-Mar-10 17:28

dybs

11-Mar-10 17:28

Luc Pattyn wrote:
4. Coding for performance, when taken to the extreme, goes against all normal coding guidelines

I would actually be interested to see what conditions are "acceptable" for breaking normal rules and different methods for acheiving said perfomance. Is that a bad thing? Wink | ;)

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Luc Pattyn11-Mar-10 17:38

11-Mar-10 17:38

There is nothing wrong as long as you are fully aware of the consequences. The first thing you probably loose is good readability and hence easy debugging and maintainability.

When in search of maximum performance, quite often object orientation is bad when the objects are very small and very many (too much overhead). Method calls are bad (they don't compute anything), conditionals are bad (they disturb normal program flow). Combine that and you may end up with large pieces of straight, hardly structured, code; and then there is a whole collection of hacks to choose from.

Whether all this is acceptable is matter of discussion.

Smile | :)

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PIEBALDconsult11-Mar-10 6:41

Creating system of separation access rights

11-Mar-10 6:41

Luc Pattyn wrote:
CPU simulators

Yeah, this is kinda that -- a script language interpreter.

Xgener11-Mar-10 5:26

Xgener

11-Mar-10 5:26

I need to make client-server project with separated access. It should be 3 groups of users with different access level. Access level defines the appearance of form witch user would see. Can somebody advise how to realize this separated access.

Re: Creating system of separation access rights

Saksida Bojan11-Mar-10 5:56

Saksida Bojan

11-Mar-10 5:56

I would do it like this: (As long as I presume, that client doesn't access Database directly)

1. step: Client logs in with authentic username and password
2. step: Server sends to client current access level and the server holds its data per session. (Doesn't clean memory, till logout or Time out)
3. step: Client gets access level and then prepares GUI.

When client sends command, witch exceeds user privileges wont get them info. This design prevents users modifying client, to get higher access. This works as long you do not connect directly to database only to service that sits on Server side between client and database.

and bad design: If you want to directly connect to database (Witch I do not recommend) use for each privileges, use own build client for each access level.
C++ have compiler directive: (I do not know if exists in C#)
#define, #ifdef, #ifndef and #endif.

Outlook - with Hotmail account

chiky_ancutza11-Mar-10 5:21

chiky_ancutza

11-Mar-10 5:21

Hi,

1. I configured the Outlook to work with Windows Live Hotmail(my hotmail account)
2. Now i want to read all the inbox from my hotmail account using C#.
3. The outlook create for hotmail a file with .ost extension(not with .pst)
4. My procedure is like this:
TextWriter tw = new StreamWriter(@"C:\pstfile_html.txt");
// Create the Outlook application.
// in-line initialization
Outlook.Application oApp = new Outlook.Application();

// Get the MAPI namespace.
Outlook.NameSpace oNS = oApp.GetNamespace("MAPI");

// Log on by using the default profile or existing session (no dialog box).
oNS.Logon(Missing.Value,Missing.Value,false,true);

//Get the Inbox folder.
Outlook.MAPIFolder oInbox = oNS.GetDefaultFolder(Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderInbox);

//Get the Items collection in the Inbox folder.
Outlook.Items oItems = oInbox.Items;

Outlook.MailItem oMsg = (Outlook.MailItem)oItems.GetFirst();

for (int i = 0; i < oItems.Count; i++)
{

//Output some common properties.
tw.WriteLine(oMsg.Subject);
tw.WriteLine(oMsg.SenderName);
tw.WriteLine(oMsg.ReceivedTime);
tw.WriteLine(oMsg.Body);
tw.WriteLine(oMsg.HTMLBody);
tw.WriteLine("Next Message-----------------------");
oMsg = (Outlook.MailItem)oItems.GetNext();

//System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(objMail.Body.ToString());

}

//Log off.
oNS.Logoff();

//Explicitly release objects.
oMsg = null;
oItems = null;
oInbox = null;
oNS = null;
oApp = null;
tw.Close();
}

//Error handler.
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("{0} Exception caught: ", e);
}

// Return value.
return 0;

}
6. I don't know how to take hotmail folder.

Thanks,
Anca

GameServer Query A2S_PLAYER Problem

Nokia555611-Mar-10 5:21

Nokia5556

11-Mar-10 5:21

Hello,

I can't get the challenge and player respond working, it currently responds no player time, score only name, But the names are to little strange.

public string Challenge(string servIP, int servPORT)
            {
                byte[] buffer = new byte[100 * 1024];
                byte[] PlayerQuery = { 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x55, 0x65 };

                Socket socket = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Dgram, ProtocolType.Udp);

                IPEndPoint ipEP = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Parse(servIP), servPORT);

                EndPoint EP = (EndPoint)ipEP;

                socket.ReceiveTimeout = 1000;

                socket.SendTo(PlayerQuery, PlayerQuery.Length, SocketFlags.None, EP);

                int recvBytes = socket.ReceiveFrom(buffer, ref EP);
                return ParseChallenge(buffer);
            }

            private string ParseChallenge(byte[] resp)
            {
                _CHALLANGE = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(resp, 5, 4);
                return _CHALLANGE;
            }

            private SourceQuery ParsePlayers(byte[] resp)
            {
                SourceQuery ret = new SourceQuery();
                int i = 0;
                ret.PPlayers = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(resp);
                /*while (pNr < numPlayers - 2 && offset < resp.Length)
                {
                    offset += 1;
                    string plname = GetString(resp, offset, resp.Length);
                    offset += ret._players[pNr].Name.Length;
                    int plscore = BitConverter.ToInt32(resp, offset);
                    offset += 4;
                    pNr = ret._players.Add(new Player(plname, plscore));
                }*/
                return ret;
            }

            public SourceQuery Players(string servIP, int servPORT)
            {
                byte[] buffer = new byte[4096];
                string challenge = Challenge(servIP, servPORT);
                byte[] PlayerQuery = { 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x55 };
                string pQuery = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(PlayerQuery);
                byte[] Query = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(pQuery + challenge);

                Socket socket = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Dgram, ProtocolType.Udp);

                IPEndPoint ipEP = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Parse(servIP), servPORT);

                EndPoint EP = (EndPoint)ipEP;

                socket.ReceiveTimeout = 1500;

                socket.SendTo(PlayerQuery, PlayerQuery.Length, SocketFlags.None, EP);

                int recvBytes = socket.ReceiveFrom(buffer, ref EP);
                return ParsePlayers(buffer);
            }

Rotate an rectangle while moving the mouse... and watch it rotating

nwl11-Mar-10 3:01

nwl

11-Mar-10 3:01

Hi,

i've got a Graphics Object and have drawn a rectangle (graphics.DrawRectangle) on it. Now I want to rotate it using the mouse. and the rotation matrix. But I don't see the rotation while moving the mouse, I just see it after realeasing the button...

Can anybody help me?

Re: Rotate an rectangle while moving the mouse... and watch it rotating

OriginalGriff11-Mar-10 3:52

OriginalGriff

11-Mar-10 3:52

Without seeing any code it is difficult to tell you much - but are you calling Invalidate in the MouseMove Event?

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Re: Rotate an rectangle while moving the mouse... and watch it rotating

dan!sh 11-Mar-10 4:28

dan!sh

11-Mar-10 4:28

It would be quite difficult to tell without seeing your code.

Still, are you changing the coordinates in the correct MouseMove event?

Re: Rotate an rectangle while moving the mouse... and watch it rotating

Luc Pattyn11-Mar-10 5:18