Changes to C# and .NET Framework

re: Changes to C# and .NET Framework

Brad Williams — Thu, 01 Apr 2004 16:05:00 GMT

Wouldn't EstimateFine for EN-US just be:

float EstimateFine(string str)
{
if (IsIndecent(str))
return 500000.0;
else
return 0.0;
}

Guess it can't be hard coded though (unless there's a constitutional amendment), so this better activate a web service instead, maybe us.gov can host?

re: Changes to C# and .NET Framework

KCJacob — Thu, 01 Apr 2004 16:06:00 GMT

Nice one Dan! You almost had me there. Then I remembered the date.

re: Changes to C# and .NET Framework

joe — Thu, 01 Apr 2004 16:10:00 GMT

Why is this a part of the string class? Isn't the string class heavy enough as it is? What's the point of namespaces if they aren't going to be used properly?

It should be something like...

Microsoft.Utils.ContentFilter.IsDecent or something like that.

/me groans

re: Changes to C# and .NET Framework

AndrewSeven — Thu, 01 Apr 2004 16:14:00 GMT

Well from what I see, a TrimIndecent or equivalent method is absolutely required.

I would also recommed naming the exception IndecencyException; it is a good exception and should not have negative name.

I hope that there are compile time checks so we don't have to wait until runtime IndecencyExceptions are thrown for readonly and const strings.

It is important not to overlook enums, as they are often exposed to end users.

Also numbers, what about 666?

re: Changes to C# and .NET Framework

Wallym — Thu, 01 Apr 2004 16:32:00 GMT

Which namespace are these changes going into?

System.Stern.Howard.
System.LoveSponge.Buba.
System.ManCow.
System.Jackson.Janet

Wally

re: Changes to C# and .NET Framework

cmalpeli — Thu, 01 Apr 2004 17:03:00 GMT

nice one Dan! LOL!

re: Changes to C# and .NET Framework

Majik — Thu, 01 Apr 2004 17:20:00 GMT

If you're going to have an IsDirty() method, you need to also use the System.Jackson.Michael namespace.

Also, it's Bubba has two b's... not sure how that compiled. :P

re: Changes to C# and .NET Framework

Luke — Fri, 02 Apr 2004 04:41:00 GMT

public boolean IsIndecent()
{
return IndexOf("java") != -1;
}

re: Changes to C# and .NET Framework

Leeor — Fri, 02 Apr 2004 07:22:00 GMT

rofl! Great one! :)

re: Changes to C# and .NET Framework

icelava — Fri, 02 Apr 2004 11:56:00 GMT

using System.Fool;

Robert Scoble

TrackBack — Fri, 02 Apr 2004 14:54:00 GMT

Robert Scoble

Changes to the C# language

michaelakers.net — Fri, 02 Apr 2004 22:26:00 GMT

Microsoft Developer Dan Fernandez reports on the future of the C# language: System.String To check whether a string contains indecent content, developers can now call the IsIndecent method which returns true or false if the string is indecent. Source: iBLOGthere4iM...

re: Changes to C# and .NET Framework

David Weller — Fri, 02 Apr 2004 20:13:00 GMT

I noticed that Eric took down his post :-)

re: Changes to C# and .NET Framework

Robert — Sun, 18 Jul 2004 17:03:00 GMT

Incredible idea an integrated text filtering utility is long overdue. I don't think it belongs in the string class. Also there should be a way to abstract and updatethe data.

Especially because it should have room to grow and become more robust - like localization, exclude ContainsEmailAddress(), ContainsUrl(), HasSpellErrors(), SpellErrorCount, SpellErrorPercentage, ContainsSpamWords(), ContainsSpamIPs,

For example, I have been working on a home grown multi-lingual utility like this. I have been bitching all the way through that something like this is not already out there and set as a platform to customize and improve by a whole community.

For example a poster to a French forum who says he posted in French say 1000 characters. If average word size in French is 5 that is 200 words. A simple realtime filter can be to run a string against a spell-checker's vocabulary and return 140 spelling mistakes or 70% of all words have a typo.

if(SpellErrorPercent>50){ String.IsWrongLanguage;
Response.Write("Ce n'est pas français")
}
}