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Since it is a bug in Microsoft CLR you may expect ...

2010-08-25T10:10:58.965-07:00

Since it is a bug in Microsoft CLR you may expect any weird operation to be a workaround. Just like emptying the recycle bin to cleanup unused Handles.

However, I think when this bug gets fixed by Microsoft you should never call GC.Collect and GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers. The CLR should take care of unused objects and clean them up whenever is "the best" time to do it.

For now should just use the workaround :(. Also in the bug tracking system it was marked as fixed but didn't find in which version it got actually fixed.

Diana, Let me rephrase my concern to make it more ...

2010-08-16T17:28:57.085-07:00

Diana,
Let me rephrase my concern to make it more clear.

Your example is trivial. There is a "positive" case (y != 0) and a "negative" case (else block).

What I'm saying is what if the "cases" of a conditional statement are not as trivial as your example? How should the programmer behave in that case?
The author suggests that they should first put the positive case but I'm arguing that "positivity" is not perceived universally by everyone. One thing that is positive for me doesn't have to be positive for you.

So, unless there are concrete recommendations, this approach can end up with the same chaotic state as we currently see in source codes (assumingly the article suggests a way to avoid such chaos).

Nice posting, thanks for sharing. Interesting that...

2010-08-11T21:32:55.917-07:00

Nice posting, thanks for sharing. Interesting that there is somebody who thinks that much globally :)

Securebox, seems that there is an answer inside the post for your question. Concrete recommendation will be to put the main goal in if statement.

Example:

int Divide(int x, int y)
{
if(y != 0)
return x/y;
else
throw new Exception("Hello World, I'm not your goal!");
}

Btw, if else statement is really the most important statements in our lives. This is how we build the tree of our lives, even thought it's not binary :))

2010-08-11T21:30:24.212-07:00

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First define what means "positive". I th...

2010-08-10T16:37:20.141-07:00

First define what means "positive". I think positiveness is too subjective to be universally defined.

I would recommend developing this idea more and come up with concrete recommendations on how one should place the "cases" of if statement.

Try to be more concrete.

Hmmm.... nice approach. If (i were you) Then { i w...

2010-08-10T10:00:07.470-07:00

Hmmm.... nice approach. If (i were you) Then { i would accumulate some more patters/ideas like this to improve code readability in the IDE and suggest it to Microsoft/Visual Assist teams. } Else { I would wait somebody to suggest it to Microsoft/Visual Assist teams. } :)

Very nice observation. Its a common mistake to mis...

2010-06-23T17:25:00.409-07:00

Very nice observation. Its a common mistake to misunderstand role/purpose of methods and events. Will recommend this article at the workplace.