The Weird and The Wonderful

G-Tek wrote:

implicit conversion is not really the worst part of the function, is it?

Dim firstEmpty As String = String.IsNullOrEmpty(firstName)

...

If firstEmpty Then

G-Tek wrote:

If there was no way of disabling that then VB would suck, but since that can be
controlled then I'm still not clear on why VB is to blame?

Timothy CIAN wrote:

String.IsNullOrEmpty returns "bool"... How are you assigning it to a string
variable..?

AspDotNetDev wrote:

I wasn't sure if I should put this in "Clever Code" or "Hall of Shame".

Return String.Format("{0} {1} {2}", firstName, middleName, lastName).Replace("  ", " ").Trim()

0. What if, for whatever reason, a user has two consecutive spaces in their first name? Given the variety of cultures, I wouldn't discount this.
1. This version creates several extra and unnecessary strings.
2. Unnecessary CPU time spent scanning the name parts (first/middle/last) for space to replace.

VUnreal wrote:

You can try it at home

static int listSize = 10000000;
static int tests = 10;
static List<int> list = new List<int>();

static void LoopClassic()
{
    DateTime start= DateTime.Now;
    int f;
    for(int i= 0; i< tests; i++)
    {
        for(int j = 0; j < list.Count; j++)
            f = list[j];
    }
    TimeSpan  elapsed = DateTime.Now.Subtract(start);
    Console.WriteLine("Classic: {0}", elapsed.TotalMilliseconds );
}


static void LoopCrufty()
{
    DateTime start = DateTime.Now;
    int f;

    for (int i = 0; i < tests; i++)
    {
        for(int j=0;true;j++)
            try
            {
                f = list[j];
            }
            catch
            {
                break;
            }
    }
    TimeSpan elapsed = DateTime.Now.Subtract(start);
    Console.WriteLine("Crufty: {0}", elapsed.TotalMilliseconds);
}

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    for (int i = 0; i < listSize; i++)
        list.Add(i);
    LoopClassic();
    LoopCrufty();
    Console.ReadKey();
}

static void LoopClassic2()
{
    DateTime start = DateTime.Now;
    int f;
    for (int i = 0; i < tests; i++)
    {
        int count = list.Count;
        for (int j = 0; j < count; j++)
            f = list[j];
    }
    TimeSpan elapsed = DateTime.Now.Subtract(start);
    Console.WriteLine("Classic2: {0}", elapsed.TotalMilliseconds);
}

VUnreal wrote:

You made me laugh.