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The Weird and The Wonderful forum is a place to post Coding Horrors, Worst Practices, and the occasional flash of brilliance.

We all come across code that simply boggles the mind. Lazy kludges, embarrassing mistakes, horrid workarounds and developers just not quite getting it. And then somedays we come across - or write - the truly sublime.

Post your Best, your worst, and your most interesting. But please - no programming questions . This forum is purely for amusement and discussions on code snippets. All actual programming questions will be removed.

 
GeneralRe: Nice catch! Pin
webmarco7-Mar-07 1:18
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GeneralRe: Nice catch! Pin
PIEBALDconsult7-Mar-07 3:13
mvePIEBALDconsult7-Mar-07 3:13 
GeneralI *suppose* that's a way of determining read permissions.. Pin
Erik Burger6-Mar-07 4:16
Erik Burger6-Mar-07 4:16 
QuestionRe: I *suppose* that's a way of determining read permissions.. Pin
David Crow7-Mar-07 7:34
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AnswerRe: I *suppose* that's a way of determining read permissions.. Pin
Erik Burger7-Mar-07 22:36
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GeneralRe: I *suppose* that's a way of determining read permissions.. Pin
peterchen10-Mar-07 3:09
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GeneralRe: I *suppose* that's a way of determining read permissions.. Pin
Erik Burger11-Mar-07 22:44
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General.NET Framework? What .NET Framework? Part Deux Pin
Erik Burger6-Mar-07 4:03
Erik Burger6-Mar-07 4:03 
I especially loved this snippit of code I encountered while rewriting an app:

<br />
FileInfo fi = new FileInfo(name);<br />
<br />
DateTime dt = fi.LastWriteTime;<br />
<br />
int yr = dt.Year;<br />
if (yr >= 2000)<br />
   yr -= 2000;<br />
else<br />
   yr -= 1900;<br />
<br />
string year = yr.ToString();<br />
if (yr < 10)<br />
   year = year.PadLeft(2, '0');<br />
<br />
/* TODO: Format to be changed for US market */<br />
<br />
string date = dt.Day + "/" + dt.Month + "/" + year;<br />


Do I even need to post the alternative??

Me and my colleague (NOT the one who wrote the code. Spent at least 15 minutes laughing about the TODO: comment, too. :p
General.NET Framework? What .NET Framework? Pin
Erik Burger6-Mar-07 3:57
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GeneralRe: .NET Framework? What .NET Framework? Pin
peterchen10-Mar-07 3:24
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GeneralRe: .NET Framework? What .NET Framework? Pin
Erik Burger11-Mar-07 22:52
Erik Burger11-Mar-07 22:52 
GeneralRe: .NET Framework? What .NET Framework? Pin
peterchen12-Mar-07 5:43
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GeneralRe: .NET Framework? What .NET Framework? Pin
Erik Burger12-Mar-07 23:36
Erik Burger12-Mar-07 23:36 
GeneralSQL Join? na I know a better way..... Pin
ra ra ra ra6-Mar-07 0:19
ra ra ra ra6-Mar-07 0:19 
GeneralSynchronizing threads Pin
Zorbek5-Mar-07 23:27
Zorbek5-Mar-07 23:27 
GeneralOutrageous error messages Pin
Roger Bamforth5-Mar-07 21:59
Roger Bamforth5-Mar-07 21:59 
GeneralRe: Outrageous error messages Pin
Rajesh R Subramanian6-Mar-07 0:15
professionalRajesh R Subramanian6-Mar-07 0:15 
GeneralRe: Outrageous error messages Pin
BSelznick6-Mar-07 15:13
BSelznick6-Mar-07 15:13 
GeneralRe: Outrageous error messages [modified] Pin
Roger Bamforth7-Mar-07 5:53
Roger Bamforth7-Mar-07 5:53 
GeneralRe: Outrageous error messages Pin
BSelznick7-Mar-07 6:53
BSelznick7-Mar-07 6:53 
General"Edit Thing Error" Pin
Anna-Jayne Metcalfe8-Mar-07 4:08
Anna-Jayne Metcalfe8-Mar-07 4:08 
GeneralRe: "Edit Thing Error" Pin
Erik Burger9-Mar-07 1:13
Erik Burger9-Mar-07 1:13 
GeneralRemember - this is supposed to be C#... Pin
6o'clock5-Mar-07 21:52
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GeneralRe: Remember - this is supposed to be C#... Pin
jhwurmbach8-Mar-07 4:42
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Erik Burger9-Mar-07 1:10
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