Re: java.io.zip.Deflater.df.getAdler() always return -1 ...

From:
=?UTF-8?B?QXJuZSBWYWpow7hq?= <arne@vajhoej.dk>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Sat, 08 Jan 2011 17:12:33 -0500
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On 08-01-2011 08:13, Lew wrote:

On 01/07/2011 08:41 PM, Arne Vajh??j wrote:

On 06-01-2011 22:36, Ken Wesson wrote:

On Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:16:17 -0500, Lew wrote:

On 01/04/2011 02:11 PM, lbrt chx _ gemale kom wrote:

...
int iRdByts, iBfrSz = 2048;
byte[] bAr = new byte[iBfrSz];
...
ZIS = new ZipInputStream(new BufferedInputStream(ChkSum,
bAr.length)); while((ZEnt = ZIS.getNextEntry()) != null){
while(ZIS.read(bAr) != -1);
}
...


WTF?


This is your brain:

(=
(* 8 (count squares-seq))
(count (distinct (flatten (map generate-isomorphs squares-seq)))))


Well - those with brain can understand that lew is
puzzled by a post with so little context.

This is your brain on Microsoft coding practices:

int iRdByts, iBfrSz = 2048;
byte[] bAr = new byte[iBfrSz];
...
ZIS = new ZipInputStream(new BufferedInputStream(ChkSum,
bAr.length)); while((ZEnt = ZIS.getNextEntry()) != null){
while(ZIS.read(bAr) != -1);
}

Any questions?

(The real horror of it is that this style of variable-naming is
promulgated as *improving* *readability*. And not just by Microsoft!)


Maybe discussion about the whether hungarian notation is good or bad
should be left to those that can see that in the above only half the
variables uses hungarian notation.


Thanks for making that post visible, Arne.


The mixed blessings of plonking.

:-)

                                           You are correct, a post
absent context is puzzling. Equally puzzling is the response you cited.
I guess given that the original post is absent context means that any
random answer is equally germane.

The question at which I was hinting is, "WTF are you asking?" The
original post doesn't give a hint.


I somewhat suspect that it relates to one of the separate
posts by the same author about the same topic.

But if a poster want feedback, then the poster needs to provide
sufficient context for readers to be able to understand
what it is all about.

Most readers here have limited capabilities for mind reading.

Arne

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