irelephant [he/him]2d ago

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Show threadHadriscus
What do you use instead of booleans ? floats ?
May 10 at 6:59pmWeb
Show threadMultipleAnimals2d ago
strings “true” and “false” ofc like any sane developer
Show threadHadriscus2d ago
good fucking god
Show threadkubica2d ago
it allows for mood changes, some parts of the code can check charAt(0) == 't'others can do val != 'false' just let it flow.
Show threadHadriscus2d ago
lord mary joseph make it stop
Show threadsznowicki2d ago
And for double fun if the output doesn’t matter you can make if endsWith(“e”).
Show threadValmond2d ago

I got a better one: O for true and N for false.

Seen in production for quite important stuff (payment requests).

O is from Oui, N from Non, of course!

😐🫤

Show threadfelbane1d ago
This is awful and aweful at the same time.
Show threaddeadbeef790002d ago

Use a CHAR(1) you can then use it as an enumeration.

Don’t use T/F for true/false use it for the actual sematic meaning for the thing that the Boolean is toggling. E g. S for subscribed, U for unsubscribed, or whatever.

It also means when you inevitably grow to needing a tri-state it makes sense.

Show threadSpaceNoodle2d ago
I think you could use a CHECK constraint to effectively create en enum
Show threadirelephant [he/him]2d ago
Sometimes it’s 0 and 1
Show threadThe Ramen Dutchman1d ago
Smallest INT it can support and only ever use 0 and 1.