Who uses OPTION STRICT in their code?

**Andy** · Feb 16th, 2004, 05:42 PM

I'd like to know how many reading this poll, actually use the option STRICT parameter.

**Edneeis** · Feb 16th, 2004, 07:26 PM

I do all the time now but didn't start using it until a couple of weeks ago. I was pretty good about type safety before so it wasn't too terrible a transition. Still all the casting can be a pain in the ass sometimes, but I suppose it's worth it.

**Hole-In-One** · Feb 16th, 2004, 08:25 PM

I do most of the time.

Although I do agree with this:

Still all the casting can be a pain in the ass sometimes, but I suppose it's worth it.

Its kinda funny though, almost all of the books I've read from M$ don't even mention it!

I first heard of it here in the forums.

**dynamic_sysop** · Feb 16th, 2004, 09:03 PM

everyone that uses C# has no choice but to use Option Strict , vb.net tends to make people a little lazy.

**JAtkinson** · Feb 16th, 2004, 09:32 PM

Originally posted by Hole-In-One
...I first heard of it here in the forums.

Good point, what is it?

**MrPolite** · Feb 16th, 2004, 10:43 PM

Originally posted by dynamic_sysop
everyone that uses C# has no choice but to use Option Strict , vb.net tends to make people a little lazy.

yeah, I use it all the time cuz of this

**Pirate** · Feb 17th, 2004, 02:22 AM

Originally posted by dynamic_sysop
everyone that uses C# has no choice but to use Option Strict , vb.net tends to make people a little lazy.

It's true which make it strongly typed lang by default more than VB . With Option Strict on , it guarantees that no illegal conversion is attempted . More often , I have it on .

**Wallabie** · Feb 17th, 2004, 05:58 AM

I always have this set to On and i agree with Edneeis it IS a pain in the ass.

**MrPolite** · Feb 17th, 2004, 03:31 PM

Originally posted by Wallabie
I always have this set to On and i agree with Edneeis it IS a pain in the ass.

well if you're saying that you're basically saying programming is a pain in the ass

**hellswraith** · Feb 17th, 2004, 05:43 PM

Originally posted by Wallabie
I always have this set to On and i agree with Edneeis it IS a pain in the ass.

Only makes you a better .Net developer when you have to understand the types better in order to cast to what is expected.

**salvelinus** · Feb 17th, 2004, 07:53 PM

Never have, but if Edneiss, Pirate & Hellswraith vouch for it, maybe it's a good idea. Most of the authors I've read generally avoid it.

**Kasracer** · Feb 17th, 2004, 09:02 PM

I always use it. When I first tried VB.NET, sometimes my projects would do strange things and using Option Strict made everything work correctly.

You're a communist if you don't use Option Strict

**MrPolite** · Feb 17th, 2004, 11:20 PM

Originally posted by salvelinus
Most of the authors I've read generally avoid it.

I'd say most people learning VB.NET are probably moving from VB6 and so the authors do it that way to make them feel more comfy. Or the authors simply are stupid

**Edneeis** · Feb 18th, 2004, 12:18 AM

To me it seems like the compiler should be smart enough to figure it out and cast it for me, BUT since this is not the case and I don't want any casting errors at runtime then Option Strict it is.

**LITHIA** · May 23rd, 2004, 01:56 PM

i use it all the time, unless im mucky about with variables so much that somet wont work with it in (which usually indicates im doing bad code and it never works out in the end anyway)

But really, i recommend using it. i can get annoying now and again but it makes you have nice correctly written code in the end, without any nasty conversions and stuff.

i likes it myself

always have it on

**PT Exorcist** · May 23rd, 2004, 05:23 PM

Anyone with a IQ above 90 should really do it in any project...

**Pirate** · May 23rd, 2004, 06:41 PM

Who likes to see a 3-month old thread all over again ?????

**MrPolite** · May 23rd, 2004, 11:11 PM

Originally posted by Pirate
Who likes to see a 3-month old thread all over again ?????

I guess pirate does since he replied

yeah good point

**LITHIA** · May 24th, 2004, 03:08 AM

Originally posted by Pirate
Who likes to see a 3-month old thread all over again ?????

lol that was my fault, i searched option strict in thread titles and got it up, so i thought i wud post

Anyone with a IQ above 90 should really do it in any project...

I don't know what my IQ is... be funny if it was under 90 like it probably is hahaha, well probably aint.

**LITHIA** · May 24th, 2004, 07:10 AM

lol i just said that i used option strict to a friend, and he said "I don't" and i laughed and said "Thats because you dont use .NET" it was kinda funny at the time lol

oh, and he says somet about this iq thing, "Isn't 90 sub-human intelligence?" dont ask me....

**wossname** · May 24th, 2004, 07:31 AM

Hmm, just turned Option Strict on halfway through a project, rebuilt project...20 errors in program!

Turned it off again, 0 errors

Ignorants are blis.

Mensa said I have an IQ of 87 but gave me 3 extra points for completing my test in crayon. 91, Yeah!

**LITHIA** · May 24th, 2004, 07:34 AM

Originally posted by wossname
Hmm, just turned Option Strict on halfway through a project, rebuilt project...20 errors in program!

Turned it off again, 0 errors

Ignorants are blis.

Mensa said I have an IQ of 87 but gave me 3 extra points for completing my test in crayon. 91, Yeah!

congratulations! however i hope that wasnt due to maths, because you added 4

*laughs* instead of 3 *falls off chair*

anyways, i luv the idea of using crayon

**machinist** · May 24th, 2004, 07:37 AM

Originally posted by LITHIA
congratulations! however i hope that wasnt due to maths, because you added 4 *laughs* instead of 3 *falls off chair*

anyways, i luv the idea of using crayon

He did fall off his chair *sigh* and was told to get up *sigh*

Statement - "ICT is boring"

**LITHIA** · May 24th, 2004, 07:37 AM

Originally posted by machinist
He did fall off his chair *sigh* and was told to get up *sigh*

Statement - "ICT is boring"

ahhh nooooo my friend signed up!!!

yeah ict sucks bad..... it be crappy!!! *falls off chair again*

Edit: Congratulations machinist for your first post!!!!

**machinist** · May 24th, 2004, 07:39 AM

Originally posted by LITHIA
ahhh nooooo my friend signed up!!!

yeah ict sucks bad..... it be crappy!!! *falls off chair again*

That was my first post *slaps lithia* stop stating the obvious oh he stayed in his chair this time.

**LITHIA** · May 24th, 2004, 07:40 AM

should we take this to chit chat? im afraid that the mods may not like this.... *falls off chair*

no more from me now.... unless its got somet to do with option strict heheh

wow 20 mins left of ict, then an hour of biology... *sighs*

**machinist** · May 24th, 2004, 07:42 AM

Maybe i should try option strict? Yes i think i will.... Later in biology the teacher leaves computers on. *Picks lithia up and slaps him and drops him*

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