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(edit: serious note, if you're at all serious)
I'm curious what you use it for, as I have almost always found a better way to do things.
I use tuples and associative arrays for a lot of what i could use reflection for (long story)
I'm not saying you don't have good reasons, more I'm simply curious.
I *do* use it a lot for code generation at times.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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The most recent example is the code I wrote to import a NESSUS xml file. The various elements all have different attributes, and we needed to dynamically identify those attributes for inserton into the database. The best way to do it was to use reflection to handle the various properties in the C# objects. What would have been at least 5000 lines of code was reduced to a couple of hundred lines. This also lets me build the sql tables (and insert into them) on the fly without worrying about what data is coming in (the tables are dropped and recreated for each imort cycle, and using reflection means I don't have to worry about adapting the table building code to new/deleted properties in the objects). This app replaced a perl script, and my app handles abnout twice the data and takes about 20% of the time that the perl script did, not to mention is more maintainable because we have a bunch of C# devs that don't have any real perl experience (and aren't interested in gaining any).
I also use reflection to build datatables from an imported csv or excel file.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Ah I see. I don't generate source from objects. I usually have a master file that generates the objects and the other stuff (SQL tables, etc)
But I understand, esp in cases where you don't have the luxury of controlling that.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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#realJSOP wrote: I hope that doesn't reflect poorly on me.
I'll have to reflect awhile on that...
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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i think reflective meditation is good for the soul
it's probably good for your code, too.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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As long as it ain't all smoke and mirrors. 
I do all my own stunts, but never intentionally!
JaxCoder.com
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Hope the Dotfuzzcator won't cause a lot of fuzz then 
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So without going into any particular clinical labels, I went mad in about 2016, following a massive psychotic event.
During one of those bouts of mania I had, I developed some parsing code.
This parsing code didn't survive a hard drive crash.
I no longer understand what I did.
I know if I went off meds I could solve it again.
But mania causes brain damage.
But if I don't, not solving this after having solved it will drive me mad in itself.
It's not really about having the code. It's about solving the problem to fill that need I think a lot of you can relate to.
But I can next-level what I'm able to understand when off meds. Overclocking my mind I guess, in a sense. It costs.
I don't want to do it. But I want to do it, you know?
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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I personally would not advertise to anyone that you are mentally unstable. I have seen colleagues do this and it ruined their careers.
Some things are better left unsaid, especially on the internet.
Edit: just make sure you getting the help you need, when you need it. Please don't be a statistic. I have lost a few friends over the years to this type of stuff. If you are reaching out for help, then seek a professional, please.
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I don't have a career in software anymore. I left the fold.
I dev on my own time now.
As far as me not talking about it, I have nothing to be ashamed of around it.
There's a stigma around it sure. I just don't care about that.
How people feel about it says more about them than me.
The truth about madness is as often as not, it is a mixed bag.
It has benefits and costs. I've seen things very few people have as a result of it.
The accidental clockwork of creation has unfolded for me. I can solve complex problems without thinking about them, breaking them down and analyzing them. They flow from me when I achieve an elevated state.
So it has its gifts. And its costs. It is what it is, to'evah/taboo around it or no.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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But then again, who can claim that he is totally mentally stable?
Quote: Here's to the crazy ones.
The misfits.
The rebels.
The troublemakers.
The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently.
They're not fond of rules.
And they have no respect for the status quo.
etc. etc.
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i'd upvote this more if i could.
enthusiastically cosigned.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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Thanks, I've got that taken care of. I'm in a really solid marriage of going on 10 years too, so I've got close up support.
I'm here just sharing. For starters, it's part of who I am, and I'm unafraid of talking about it, but it causes interesting problems. =)
It also brings me some gifts.
I've thought a lot about whether I would trade it or not. In the end it depends on the day.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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Internet is not really the best place to get medical advice from.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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I'm not looking for advice. I'm just sharing.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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Github private repositories.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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wish I would have had that foresight in the throes of mania.
back then i was using an older copy of visual studio and i didn't have source control enabled on it.
now that i have 2017 i'm using the github extension
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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Yeah, when you're deep in a coding frenzy, backups and source control are secondary considerations, because "code like this is too important to exist in more than one place". 
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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just shot coffee out of my nose, all over the damn place. sh*t. 
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You've already solved it - job done.
Think of it along the lines of say, an athletic achievement - maybe you did a four-minute mile when you were 20-something but now you're in your 40's or 50's or whatever it ain't gonna happen again. So what? No-one can ever take that 4 minute mile away from you.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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I mean true. But I also want to use the code 
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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I could never do a 4-minute mile... except on one occasion when I was being chased by a couple of guys with knives. I actually got away by jumping, leap-frog style, over a 10-foot wall! When I revisited the area I couldn't even get my hands on top of the wall. The power of adrenaline.
Now I am old and decrepit I would just stand there and get stabbed (again).
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I'm pretty sure that my most impressive athletic feat was a sprint assisted by a doberman - it's a pity that no-one was there to time it, it was FAST!
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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I would definitely not recommend going off your meds without being under close medical supervision at the time; the possible damage isn't worth it.
As for the problem that you solved in the past, unless you need the solution now - why worry about it? If you do need the code (e.g. for some other project), I'm sure that having done it once, you could reconstruct it. It may take more time, but you'll get there in the end.
To paraphrase others in the thread, as we get older, we have at some stage to accept the fact that we have run our last 4-minute mile. Knowing that we once did it has to be good enough for us.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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