Inspired by another question asking about the missing Zip function: Why is there no ForEach extension method on the IEnumerable interface? Or anywhere? The only class that gets a ForEach method is List<>. Is there a reason why it’s missing, maybe performance? 21 Answers 21
When is it better to use a List vs a LinkedList? 15 Answers 15
In Perl (and other languages) a conditional ternary operator can be expressed like this: my $foo = $bar == $buz ? $cat : $dog; Is there a similar operator in VB.NET? 5 s 5 Depends upon the version. The If operator in VB.NET 2008 is a ternary operator (as well as a null coalescence operator). … Read more
If I am given a MemoryStream that I know has been populated with a String, how do I get a String back out? 12 s 12 You can also use Encoding.ASCII.GetString(ms.ToArray()); I don’t think this is less efficient, but I couldn’t swear to it. It also lets you choose a different encoding, whereas using a … Read more
How do I enable assembly bind failure logging (Fusion) in .NET? 13 s 13 Add the following values to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Fusion Add: DWORD ForceLog set value to 1 DWORD LogFailures set value to 1 DWORD LogResourceBinds set value to 1 DWORD EnableLog set value to 1 String LogPath set value to folder for logs (e.g. C:\FusionLog\) … Read more
In most programming languages, dictionaries are preferred over hashtables. What are the reasons behind that? 1 19 For what it’s worth, a Dictionary is (conceptually) a hash table. If you meant “why do we use the Dictionary<TKey, TValue> class instead of the Hashtable class?”, then it’s an easy answer: Dictionary<TKey, TValue> is a generic type, … Read more
This question’s answers are a community effort. Edit existing answers to improve this post. It is not currently accepting new answers or interactions. I have some code and when it executes, it throws a NullReferenceException, saying: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. What does this mean, and what can I do … Read more
