I tend to declare as static all the methods in a class when that class doesn't require to keep track of internal states. For example, if I need to transform A into B and don't rely on some internal state C that may vary, I create a static transform. If there is an internal state C that I want to be ...

... that every reference type gets this extra state in its space that is typically undesired. A string variable could be any sequence of characters, or it could be this crazy extra null value that doesn't map into my problem domain. A Triangle object has three Points, which themselves have X and Y va...

...t to to do it beforehand, if you just add the line to the .gitignore file, all previously committed .pyc files will still be tracked, so you'll need to remove them from the repository. If you are on a Linux system (or "parents&sons" like a MacOSX), you can quickly do it with just this one line ...

...ve added an answer below...hope it helps. – daveaspinall Aug 19 '15 at 9:39 1 If you're using Rai...

...sizeof(struct { int: -!!(e); })) (e): Compute expression e. !!(e): Logically negate twice: 0 if e == 0; otherwise 1. -!!(e): Numerically negate the expression from step 2: 0 if it was 0; otherwise -1. struct{int: -!!(0);} --> struct{int: 0;}: If it was zero, then we declare a struct with an an...

Occasionally maven complains that a particular dependency, which is built and packaged locally, cannot be found in the local repository while building another project that has it as a dependency. We get an error like: ...

... here is an update after you have edited your original question. First of all, remember to use raw strings (prefix the string with 'r') when using path delimiters on Windows, to prevent accidentally hitting an escape character. Second, PIL's Image.open either accepts a filename, or a file-like (tha...

...that expose stuff that should be protected. When this directive is present all requests are denied which are not using SSL. This will not do a redirect to https though. To redirect, try the following with mod_rewrite in your .htaccess file RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on RewriteRule ^ ...

I run across many shell scripts with variables in all caps, and I've always thought that there is a severe misunderstanding with that. My understanding is that, by convention (and perhaps by necessity long ago), environment variables are in all-caps. ...

Is there a simple way to delete all the annotations on a map without iterating through all the displayed annotations in Objective-c? ...