But are you gonna return something for this method??? You said you’d return an integer, yet there is no return statement!
and it had better be an integer! it had better be an integer, motherfucker!!
This is why I always write my methods from bottom to top. This way I’ve always got a return statement and I use my variables before they are even declared.
For a second there I thought you might be serious
I do actually use variables before I declare them most of the time. IDEs make it so easy to then generate the declaration with the correct type.
That’s true, in fact I’ve started doing that myself. Same with methods, instead of going and writing the method and then coming back to use it, I’ll write the invocation first.
Ah an avid dreambird user I see
Spotted the INTERCAL programmer.
Compiler/interpreter: Can’t find variable
farfignewton.Earlier:
Me: Declare variables
near, farIDE: Oh! You mean
farfignewtonright? I found that in some completely unrelated library you didn’t write. Allow me complete that for you while you’re not paying attention.And people wonder why I stick to Vim.
I mean, if you want something dumb you can use any text editor.
Yes, compared to the annoyances of “smart” IDEs, I do want something dumb.
No I’m good with smart IDEs. Anyway don’t people set up Vim as practically an IDE these days anyway? That’s what Vim users always tell me.
The advantage there is that you pick and choose how you turn things on, so you leave out the annoying bits.
One thing most text editors can do is print. I was shocked the other day when I couldn’t print a readme from vscode when someone asked for hard copy.
Print?
Why would you ever need to print?
Because some of us are bitter at the trees for generating so much pollen at this time of year and want revenge.
That’s fair, I didn’t think of that.
when someone asked for hard copy.
using lsp in vim has pretty much the same problem especially with java
near, farThe obvious autocomplete is
, wherever you areThis is why I fear activating any AI features in the IDE.
I try my best to make my IDEs follow the principal that I should be able to type without looking at the screen, but apparently IDEs are really invested in
returnaccepting completions to the point it’s often not configurable even when every other key is.thank you for flooding my memory with a bunch of silly 90s car commercials
Visual Studio: PROPERTY DOESN’T EXIST ON TYPE!! NOTHING EXISTS ANYMORE!!! REALITY HAS COLLAPSED!
Me: What? I haven’t even touched that class, let me check.
Visual Studio: Oops, nevermind, héhé 🙃
I swear to god this didnt used to be a problem few years ago. However im having that bug constantly now…
Yeah, I also feel like it’s fairly recent.
Then it automatically imports the library for you too lol
Me: <starts a heredoc>
jetbrains: This heredoc goes on FOREVER!
Me: I’m going to close it…
jetbrains: <dies>
I start writing the implementation and get the “variable not defined” error and then let the ide add the declaration. It’s less keys to press and misspell.
Imagine lint running on format and your linter removing unused variables: you start typing, hit format by muscle memory before using the variable. Rinse and repeat.
I recently started poking with Vue, For the most part when it comes to webapps I’ve mostly worked with React, Blazor, and a touch of Svelte. The linter is so aggressive. I start defining a method and it instantly goes “IT DOESN’T RETURN ANYTHING!!”
Okay, thanks! I literally just defined the return type!
I’m not a CS major but why exactly does having a variable or parameter that’s not used in C, C# and C++ throw a warning
It’s probably gonna be optimized out by the compiler. However, linters will mark it for you, since it suggests that you actually wanted to do something with that variable and forgot about it after declaration.
… Or it can be removed to reduce visual noise once it’s not necessary anymore after refactoring.
Lets say you use a variable named abcd in your function. And a variable named abcb in a for loop inside the same function. But because reasons you mistakenly use abcd inside that loop and modify the wrong variable, so that your code sometimes doesnt work properly.
It’s to prevent mistakes like that.
A similar thing is to use const when the variable is not modified.
Because it’s code that literally doesn’t do anything. Some languages won’t even let you compile without special instructions.
Programming with Java be like :v
