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The temptation is always there (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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[–] BorgDrone@lemmy.one 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is it really tempting for people? They've given me too many headaches when I've had to reformat or add functionality to files.

I don’t get it either. Why would you ever feel the need for them to begin with?

[–] CapeWearingAeroplane@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Unironically: For in-house scripts and toolboxes where I want to set stuff like input directory, output directory etc. for the whole toolbox, and then just run the scripts. There are other easy solutions of course, but this makes it really quick and easy to just run the scripts when I need to.

[–] BorgDrone@lemmy.one 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But those would be constants, not variables.

[–] CapeWearingAeroplane@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I typically don't declare them as such - bring the pitchforks!

[–] Slotos@feddit.nl 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Everything’s a variable if you’re brave enough.

[–] CapeWearingAeroplane@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

My void* doesn't care about your const!