Does the ‘mutable’ keyword have any purpose other than allowing a data member to be modified by a const member function?

It allows the differentiation of bitwise const and logical const. Logical const is when an object doesn’t change in a way that is visible through the public interface, like your locking example. Another example would be a class that computes a value the first time it is requested, and caches the result. Since c++11 mutable … Read more

What does static mean in ANSI-C [duplicate]

Just as a brief answer, there are two usages for the static keyword when defining variables: 1- Variables defined in the file scope with static keyword, i.e. defined outside functions will be visible only within that file. Any attempt to access them from other files will result in unresolved symbol at link time. 2- Variables … Read more

C# : ‘is’ keyword and checking for Not

if(!(child is IContainer)) is the only operator to go (there’s no IsNot operator). You can build an extension method that does it: public static bool IsA<T>(this object obj) { return obj is T; } and then use it to: if (!child.IsA<IContainer>()) And you could follow on your theme: public static bool IsNotAFreaking<T>(this object obj) { … Read more

Finding words after keyword in python [duplicate]

Instead of using regexes you could just (for example) separate your string with str.partition(separator) like this: mystring = “hi my name is ryan, and i am new to python and would like to learn more” keyword = ‘name’ before_keyword, keyword, after_keyword = mystring.partition(keyword) >>> before_keyword ‘hi my ‘ >>> keyword ‘name’ >>> after_keyword ‘ is … Read more

When must we use extern alias keyword in C#?

Basically you only really need it when you want to use two types with the same fully qualified name (same namespace, same type name) from different assemblies. You declare a different alias for each assembly, so you can then reference them via that alias. Needless to say, you should try to avoid getting into that … Read more