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[Valid_Dark]

had dumb problem with fonts, but fixed it.
Issue was with advance width not being applied, but I found when I change my font to size 9.5 instead of 10 it applies the advance width, idk, it's dumb,

[kaijyuu]

I hate you python. My dying breath will be cursing your name.


Here's the bug that took me 4 days to figure out:

Code: [Select]

class DataItemVec(DataItem):
    def __init__(self, Dimensions = 1, Sizes = [], Values = {}):
        super(DataItemVec, self).__init__()
        self.dimensions = Dimensions
        self.sizes = {}
        self.values = ValuesSee that "Values = {}" at the top? Turns out that doesn't make a new dict every time the init function is called. So every, single, goddamn instance of this class was using the same exact dictionary for its values. I was wondering why the hell changing a value in one object would modify all others. And the answer is because python sucks.

[Mego]

I hate you python. My dying breath will be cursing your name.


Here's the bug that took me 4 days to figure out:

Code: [Select]

class DataItemVec(DataItem):
    def __init__(self, Dimensions = 1, Sizes = [], Values = {}):
        super(DataItemVec, self).__init__()
        self.dimensions = Dimensions
        self.sizes = {}
        self.values = ValuesSee that "Values = {}" at the top? Turns out that doesn't make a new dict every time the init function is called. So every, single, goddamn instance of this class was using the same exact dictionary for its values. I was wondering why the hell changing a value in one object would modify all others. And the answer is because python sucks.

Insulting something because you don't understand it doesn't make anything better. Use dict() instead.

[kaijyuu]

IT MAKES ME FEEL BETTER 

And according to the python docs that wouldn't work. To ensure a new dict each time, I have to either define it within the function or copy the Values dict before assigning it. I chose the former.

[MagmaMcFry]

If you want a powerful high-level language, try Python or Perl. You'll get good results really quickly. If you want to learn how to be a good programmer, try C++.

[Telgin]

Depends on what you want to do.  Program games?  C# maybe (with XNA), although if you don't have much/any programming experience I wouldn't recommend starting with C++.

If you just want to get your feet wet, starting with a higher level language is probably the best thing to do.  Python is probably a good choice, despite the problems just quoted.    Ruby seems to be popular, although I know almost nothing about it.

If you want to learn a more fundamental language, C is kind of the standard.  It's not as complex as C++ so it's not as hard, but it's definitely more error prone than something like Python.

[MagmaMcFry]

I'd say that C is much more likely to break your brain than C++.

[eerr]

Nothing builds character- like manual memory management.

[MagmaMcFry]

There is a reason why most people don't program in Assembly any more: You can only write down small thoughts.

[Valid_Dark]

I started with c++, and it's still the only one I know, and I don't know very much of it.

I have another problem for any SDL wizards out there.
so my program is a SDL_NOFRAME program, is there any ways to make it dragable?
Because normally to drag a window you use the title bar at the top, but with a noframe program there is no title bar.  Whenever I launch it, it runs at a random spot on my screen and won't let me move it.
after googling for the last hour I found someone who had a answer on how to do it on linux, but I'm programming in windows and am aiming for it to be a windows program.

[dreadmullet]

Hey, I've come across yet another problem that makes no sense at all. multimap::count is returning bogus values, and it's probably because of a custom class being used as the keys. I'm supposed to give the class an operator< function, but I'm not sure what to do with it. Everything I try either fails in most situations or produces a crash.

Spoiler: entire program (click to show/hide)

Code: (C++) [Select]

#include <map>

using namespace std;


struct SimpleVec3{

float x , y , z;

SimpleVec3(float _x , float _y , float _z){

x = _x;
y = _y;
z = _z;

}

};

bool operator <(const SimpleVec3& a , const SimpleVec3& b){

return a.x <= b.x && a.y <= b.y && a.z <= b.z;

}




int main(){

unsigned int count;


multimap<SimpleVec3 , float> mmap;
count = mmap.count(SimpleVec3(-1 , -1 , 1));
// count is now 0

mmap.insert(pair<SimpleVec3 , float>(SimpleVec3(0 , 55 , -0.1f) , 42.0f));
count = mmap.count(SimpleVec3(-1 , -1 , 1));
// count is now 1, but it should be 0


return 0;

}


[eerr]

I started with c++, and it's still the only one I know, and I don't know very much of it.

I have another problem for any SDL wizards out there.
so my program is a SDL_NOFRAME program, is there any ways to make it dragable?
Because normally to drag a window you use the title bar at the top, but with a noframe program there is no title bar.  Whenever I launch it, it runs at a random spot on my screen and won't let me move it.
after googling for the last hour I found someone who had a answer on how to do it on linux, but I'm programming in windows and am aiming for it to be a windows program.

After some digging:
http://wiki.libsdl.org/moin.cgi/SDL_SetWindowPosition?highlight=%28SDL%5C_Window%29
Does that work?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

http://wiki.libsdl.org/moin.cgi/SDL_WindowEvent
possibly relevant.

[RulerOfNothing]

Valid_Dark, if you are using SDL 2.0, you can use SDL_SetWindowPosition, but I think you are using an earlier version of SDL. You should have access to a function named SDL_GetWMInfo, which takes a pointer to a SDL_SysWMinfo struct as a parameter. The SDL_SysWMinfo struct has a member named 'window' which is the window handle which you need to pass to SetWindowPos.

dreadmullet, multimap::count returns the number of items having the given key, so why do you expect mmap.count(SimpleVec3(-1,-1,1)) to return 1 given that you add an item with the key SimpleVec3(0,55,-0.1)?

[dreadmullet]

dreadmullet, multimap::count returns the number of items having the given key, so why do you expect mmap.count(SimpleVec3(-1,-1,1)) to return 1 given that you add an item with the key SimpleVec3(0,55,-0.1)?

I don't expect it to return 1, it DOES return 1, when it obviously shouldn't. My best assumption is that the operator < function that I gave SimpleVec3 is not correct, but I don't know what to do with it.

[Mego]

Nothing builds character- like manual memory management.

Frak you.