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This week, we're showcasing some multiple submissions from two
regular participants who fell into the theme. Everybody else is
just going to have to wait for their turn next week.
Frist up it's Daniel D. "I wanted to see events for the dates I would be in London. Is Skiddle (the website in question) telling me I should come to London more often?" They're certainly being very generous with their interpretation of dates.
One of the key points of confusion for people unfamiliar with Java is the distinction between true object types, like Integer, and "primitive" types, like int. This is made worse by the collection types, like ArrayList, which needs to hold a true object type, but can't hold a primitive. A generic ArrayList<Integer> is valid, but ArrayList<int> won't compile. Fortunately for everyone, Java automatically "boxes" types- at least since Java 5, way back in 2004- so integerList.add(5) and int n = integerList.get(0) will both work just fine.
Somebody should have told that to Alice's co-worker, who spends a lot of code to do some type gymnastics that they shouldn't have:
Today's short function comes from Janusz, and it's anything you want it to be:
May 25public static function isAnything($data)
{
return true;
}
A recent code-review on a new build pipeline got Sandra's attention (previously). The normally responsible and reliable developer responsible for the commit included this in their Jenkinsfile:
sh '''
if ! command -v yamllint &> /dev/null; then
if command -v apt-get &> /dev/null; then
apt-get update && apt-get install -y yamllint
elif command -v apk &> /dev/null; then
apk add --no-cache yamllint
elif command -v pip3 &> /dev/null; then
pip3 install --break-system-packages yamllint
fi
fi
find . -name '*.yaml' -exec yamllint {} \\; || true
find . -name '*.yml' -exec yamllint {} \\; || true
'''
Frederico planned to celebrate the new year with friends at the exotic international tourist haven of Molvania. When visiting the area, one could buy and use a MolvaPass (The Most Passive Way About Town!) for free or discounted access to cultural sites, public transit, and more. MolvaPasses were available for 3, 7, or 365 days, and could be bought in advance and activated later.
