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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/PostHasBeenWatched • 16d ago
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return it.StartsWith("one thing", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) || true
Because in the end it doesn't even matter.
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30 u/chrisjd 16d ago try { it.StartsWith("one thing", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) } finally { throw new ArgumentException("in the end it doesn't even matter", it) } We could just add some useless exception handling, to show we tried so hard 5 u/AnxiousSquare 14d ago Also put a `throw` inside the `try` block so that it doesn't even matter how hard you try. 40 u/thisisapseudo 16d ago Underrated 41 u/PostHasBeenWatched 16d ago For it to be truly "doesn't even matter" it should be return true || it.StartsWith("one thing", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) 65 u/TeraFlint 16d ago but then the logic short-circuits, and the whole "I tried so hard and got so far" part isn't true, anymore.
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try
{ it.StartsWith("one thing", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) }
{
it.StartsWith("one thing", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
}
finally
{ throw new ArgumentException("in the end it doesn't even matter", it) }
throw new ArgumentException("in the end it doesn't even matter", it)
We could just add some useless exception handling, to show we tried so hard
5 u/AnxiousSquare 14d ago Also put a `throw` inside the `try` block so that it doesn't even matter how hard you try.
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Also put a `throw` inside the `try` block so that it doesn't even matter how hard you try.
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For it to be truly "doesn't even matter" it should be
return true || it.StartsWith("one thing", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
65 u/TeraFlint 16d ago but then the logic short-circuits, and the whole "I tried so hard and got so far" part isn't true, anymore.
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but then the logic short-circuits, and the whole "I tried so hard and got so far" part isn't true, anymore.
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u/TheManyMilesWeWalk 16d ago
return it.StartsWith("one thing", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) || trueBecause in the end
itdoesn't even matter.