The Git book contains an article on what an index includes: The index is a binary file (generally kept in .git/index) containing a sorted list of path names, each with permissions and the SHA1 of a blob object; git ls-files can show you the contents of the index: $ git ls-files –stage 100644 63c918c667fa005ff12ad89437f2fdc80926e21c 0 … Read more
UPDATE: This question was the subject of my blog in September 2014. Thanks for the great question! There is considerable debate on this question even within the compiler team itself. First off, it’s wise to understand the rules. A public member of a class or struct is a member that is accessible to anything that … Read more
Utility or helper classes/methods that you would like to access from many other classes within the same assembly, but that you want to ensure code in other assemblies can’t access. From MSDN (via archive.org): A common use of internal access is in component-based development because it enables a group of components to cooperate in a … Read more
This is bcrypt: Generate a random salt. A “cost” factor has been pre-configured. Collect a password. Derive an encryption key from the password using the salt and cost factor. Use it to encrypt a well-known string. Store the cost, salt, and cipher text. Because these three elements have a known length, it’s easy to concatenate … Read more