I have this Python application that gets stuck from time to time and I can't find out where. 28 Answers ...

As far as I can tell, there's no reason I shouldn't be allowed to pass a reference to a pointer in C++. However, my attempts to do so are failing, and I have no idea why. ...

I'm trying to present a view controller modally, with a transparent background. My goal is to let both the presenting and presented view controllers's view to be displayed at the same time. The problem is, when the presenting animation finishes, the presenting view controller's view disappears. ...

I've been programming in C# and Java recently and I am curious where the best place is to initialize my class fields. 15 An...

I want to make a copy of an activerecord record, changing a single field in the process (in addition to the id ). What is the simplest way to accomplish this? ...

I need to mark routines as deprecated, but apparently there's no standard library decorator for deprecation. I am aware of recipes for it and the warnings module, but my question is: why is there no standard library decorator for this (common) task ? ...

I have been using wkthmltopdf to convert html to pdf documents on-the-fly on my linux web server. The program originally needed X11 or similar X server to run correctly, but through many requests by developers to have this run on servers without GUI, I am pretty sure it runs a virtual X server in...

I'm working on a simple script that involves CAS, jspring security check, redirection, etc. I would like to use Kenneth Reitz's python requests because it's a great piece of work! However, CAS requires getting validated via SSL so I have to get past that step first. I don't know what Python reque...

I have the following convention for most of my projects: 14 Answers 14 ...

I am having a hard time understanding attr_accessor in Ruby . Can someone explain this to me? 19 Answers ...