Questions tagged [library]
A compiled set of exposed objects that isn't directly executable, but that can be referenced and used by other code.
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SQS subscriber pattern in background service
I have the below code to pull messages from a FIFO SQS queue. Using the while (IsRunning) loop makes me feel to question the code design. Is there a pattern I am ...
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A small PHP library for styling terminal output
I've attempted to make a small PHP library for styling terminal output using ANSI escape sequences. The repo is located here.
To be honest, I am not really satisfied with the current structure of my ...
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Vector calculation in Rust
Hi I am trying to get into Rust by implementing a small library for vector calculations.
I am mainly asking to point out whether I chose a valid approach. I also am interested in comments on the ...
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Safely executing background tasks in parallel in ASP.NET Core
Context and initial idea
I'm trying to teach myself the CQRS and Event Sourcing patterns by developing a simple ASP.NET Core application, loosely following Greg Young's example CQRS implementation on ...
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Uni- and bidirectional pseudo-generic shortest path finders in C89
I have implemented two related shortest path algorithms for unweighted graphs in C89. My attempt was to learn some more idiomatic C constructs such as genericity (a client programmer should be able to ...
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PHP library that can use different authentication mechanisms
I am making a library which can use different auth mechanisms. I have abstracted the code within an interface:
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Min function accepting varying number of arguments in C++17
Come across this problem once again in the book The Modern C++ Challenge.
18. Minimum function with any number of arguments
Write a function template that can take any number of arguments and ...
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2D counterpart of std::array in C++17
I implemented a 2D counterpart of std::array named array2d in C++17. It is an aggregate like ...
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PHP flatfile storage
So, I made a tiny (~2 KB, <100 lines) library for simple flat-file data storage.
How it works is, you define a file to be used, and then you can add/read/modify/delete objects as "keys" to/from ...
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Platform-agnostic windowing library
I am making a C library that abstracts window creation with support for the new Vulkan API under a unified API;
I have a github repository that you can check out.
main.c
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value_ptr<T> - a C++11 header-only, deep-copying smart pointer that preserves value semantics for polymorphic and undefined types (updated)
My previous iteration was here. I've since finalized the concept as described in the title, and would appreciate any feedback
GitHub Link
Introduction:
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Quick & Simple Hash Table Implementation in C
First time implementing a hash table.
I resolve collisions using the separate chaining method (closed addressing), i.e with linked lists.
The hash function used is: ...
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Simple fluent library to validate text content
Before I can perform a more or less complex mappings, treatments in business objects and saving results in databases, I often need to validate contents from flat text files or excel files
All the ...
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Snake Game Library for WPF
Recently, I had a sick leave and to had some fun and improve coding skills I got a challenge to write a Snake Game for WPF.
Desired RESULT
1) Game must be in separate .dll library;
2) Must have ...
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C++ multithread pool class
I have addressed the critique for this post and resubmitted it for iterative review; C++20 multithread pool class.
This is an iteration from a prior post; C++ thread pool class.
Class for creating ...
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Peertable - an infrastructural peer-to-peer networking library
From the README:
Welcome to Peertable! This project is an infrastructural peer-to-peer
networking library for Python 3. You can also use it in standalone
mode, although that is for little use ...
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Handler for default values in a CLI flag utility library in C
I am developing a very basic CLI flag utility library in C. The following code is a part of the main translation unit containing all the relevant functions, and is located in the global scope.
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Initialized Array Template Class (C++)
The problem
We want to use a very large array for some computations. When created, all the elements of this array have to be initialized to some value. We'll only use a few values from the array1,...
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Generative testing for CSV using Hypothesis - project, API, implementation
I've just finished the first iteration of my new project. It's the first time I publish Python code and I would like to know what you think about the structure of the project, the API, testing, the ...
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Library for managing CLI flags
I'm pretty new to C, started learning it less than a month ago, the only language I had previous experience was Javascript.
Anyways, I wrote a library for dealing with CLI flags. It's not a serious ...
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Library for managing sub-byte named bitfields
When writing custom network serialization in Rust, I've come across a use case for storing and retrieving values in bitfields smaller than the u8 available in Rust. ...
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Minimalist config file reader/writer
I have written a simple configuration file reader and writer in D that is intended to parse string[string] associative arrays (the whole file is one array) and ...
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Generic function for loading a function from a DLL library
I am trying to write a generic function for loading a function from a DLL library. I am in no way an expert on DLLs, that is why I ask.
We have discussed it first in my Stack Overflow question to ...
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An open-source library for creating genetic algorithms
My code denotes an open source library that makes creating genetic algorithms easier. It's an encapsulated library and is called using the new constructor.
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Macao, a General Game Playing AI library - Game state goes in, best move comes out
I'm working on a simple General Game Playing AI library. The idea is that it should work with almost any kind of game, with a minimum of configuration. At the moment, I have it working on 2 player ...
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Function declarations using macros to support multiple platforms
I wrote a C++ plugin that retrieves screen pixel. It works on Windows and Android. I noticed that dllexport is only required on Windows but not on Android and ...
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Implementation of a buffer with an underlying FILE pointer
I am writing a library that will be used as input for any application the library is embedded, let's say, an interactive shell or to read from a FILE *.
I need to ...
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PHP Autoloader - For classes, traits and interfaces
Please review my Autoloader, which is the first file included in index.php
Note that there is no resource with the same name for trait, interface and class. Each resource has it's own name. And even ...
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Logging library
Due to several limitations of the standard library's logging module, I wrote my own.
Below are the most important parts. You can find the whole library here.
Any feedback is welcome.
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Priority queue implementation in C based on heap ordered (resizable) array - take 2
You think that your code is perfect ... until you put it up for code review.
I put up my priority queue for review and received lots of really good feedback. Including a memory leak which was ...
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Priority queue implementation in C based on heap ordered (resizable) array
I am practicing writing C library code and wrote a priority queue for some graph work.
I am fairly new to writing C libraries so would appreciate any feedback on this implementation.
Some items to ...
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PDcurses wrapper module, with mvc or pimpl
I have been writing a library wrapper for pdcurses for a while and implemented each widget/class in it with the pimpl idiom, however I start to see that for large widgets it creates a god object and ...
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Implementing a 64 bit PRNG library in C backed by xoroshiro128+
Introduction and Credits
The inbuilt rand() function in C only offers a very limited range of possible outcomes, being limited to only 31 bits. I wanted something ...
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A tiny Java library for generating Gray codes
This library is for generating Gray codes. A Gray code over \$n\$ bits is a list of \$2^n\$ different \$n\$-bit strings subject to the following constraint: two adjacent bit string differ in only one ...
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Virtual Machine in C to run C
Basically ANOTHER follow up to this review here but I've set about in completing the software project. Changes from the previous review is that I've added a complete script format with embedding API, ...
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Python threading utilities
I've written a library with convenience functions for working with the Python threading module (specifically threading.Thread ...
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Controllable graph search in Java
This program is not that much about graph search as it is about a design pattern that allows us to decide how much time we may invest in searching for a path. Here's the code:
BreadthFirstSearch.java
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NASM tutorial (Linux syscalls, 64 bit) code with CI-build and test
According to this question, I have made an agreement with Peter Cordes to create such a question here.
I think that I should prepare the tutorial using the modern technologies as the Continuous ...
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Comparing Dijkstra's SSSP algorithm against Bellman-Ford in Java
Single source shortest path
In SSSP, we choose a node \$s\$ and we compute all the shortest path starting from \$s\$ towards all other nodes, thus computing a shortest path tree. Two most classical ...
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A Java library for simulating logic circuits
I have this Java library for building logic circuits and running binary data through them:
AbstractCircuitComponent.java
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Measuring time spent between two points in code
I'm working on a project where I'm instrumenting how long it takes to get from one point in my code to another. I've written an LLVM pass that instruments the IR with calls to a simple timing library ...
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Python 2/3 `imaplib` extension library, `imaplibext`
Back again for more punishment improvement advice.
Basically, stemming from my dislike of how standard imaplib.IMAP4 mailbox interaction commands functioned, I ...
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Object-Oriented Sorting Algorithms
I would like a review of a library I've recently published. I realize this is a rather large request, but having looked on meta, it seems this is perfectly on-topic. I'll include a few choice samples ...
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Small IRC library w/ message loop
So I felt like creating a small library to make IRC bots. It's separated in two classes. TelClient is a class that handles the low-level socket programming and ...
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Tiny DBMS in Java
Introduction
For my purposes, I have written this simple database management system, that can do the following:
Support of 7 data types: int, ...
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Pathfinding library in C++ with fluent API
Introduction
I have this C++ pathfinding library. My primary requirement is that a client programmer may couple his/her own graph representation and the library will work with that representation.
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Cloning Python standard library's function math.frexp() that extracts exponent and mantissa from a floating point number
This is Python 3.5 code.
I have attempted to develop my own frexp() function that mimics the functionality of Python standard library's ...
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C# API Wrapper with Static Function Calls
I'm creating a wrapper library for an API, and I hit a block on how to redesign it. The entire library is static, and I'd like to change it to make it more testable.
The library's goal is to make ...
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Standard primitive types vs custom structs in public API
I am writing a .NET library and have a lot of properties like this:
public ??? SomeProperty { get; set; }
where valid values are 0-15 (or from 00000000 to ...
