In-place means that you should update the original string rather than creating a new one. Depending on the language/framework that you’re using this could be impossible. (For example, strings are immutable in .NET and Java, so it would be impossible to perform an in-place update of a string without resorting to some evil hacks.)
If a dependency is only used for building, such as an annotation processor, it should be a maven <plugin>, or <dependency> thereof. Otherwise, if it is in the compilation classpath, it will be necessary for linking the generated class file at runtime. Then, there are two cases: It is always necessary to load that class … Read more
Yes, but with a catch. The W3 documents state that the tags represent the header and footer areas of their nearest ancestor section. I would recommend having as many as your want, but only 1 of each for each “section” of your page, i.e. body, section etc. From W3 A header element is intended to … Read more
I don’t think it would be a good idea: Should IOrderedEnumerable be used as a return type purely for semantic value? For example, when consuming a model in the presentation layer, how can we know whether the collection requires ordering or is already ordered? What is the point in knowing that a sequence is ordered … Read more
I think Drupal 7 stands a chance of being a killer semantic app, it’s the next version of a CMS with a sizeable install base and when the release is final and everyone starts upgrading suddenly tons of sites will be automatically exposing RDF in the form of embedded RDFa without any intervention on the … Read more
To me, linebreaks should only be used inside paragraphs to indicate a new line. Adding line-breaks between paragraphs was used back in the day, when HTML looked like Chop Suey and the semantics of the HTML document looked like someone from preschool used Dreamweaver. I personally rely on margins and padding for content separation, if … Read more
Accepting a raw pointer is perfectly fine and is still done in plenty of “modern” codebases (which I’ll note is a fast-moving target). Just put a comment on the function saying that it’s allowed to be null and whether the function holds a copy of the pointer after the call (i.e. what are the lifetime … Read more
Finding is the completion of searching. If you might not succeed in finding something, call the feature “Search”. For example text search in an editor can fail due to no matches – then calling it “Find” would be lying. On the other hand: in an established job searching site, you can say “Find a PHP … Read more