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A single line of code from a large application that somehow manages to provide an almost endless insight into the pain that its maintainers face each day.
Arrays are one of the most basic data structures. They’re a primitive in nearly every language. In languages like C, they’re low level structures, which represent direct access to memory.
Wally’s co-worker, Brandon, wrote an array declaration:
Let's say, hypothetically, that you need a bit of code to create a unique key in a database table that starts with an "N" and it MUST fit within the limits defined by a varchar(20) column.
You might think that transforming a database sequence ID might be a good way to go, but no, your project manager demands something more...robust. More unique. What to do? Well, Jay sent in the obvious answer: Use a GUID!
Mar 13