My father often modified proverbs, just for fun.
His favorite:
"... two birds at hand are worth one in the bush..."

Since I inherited similar life outlook, here is mine , as an outcome of recent discussions.

" you can instruct them to read the rules, then you have something
to brag about if they actually do"

Since I used "inheritance " I hope readers will not label this post as programming post.

C++ Core Guidelines[^]

Just sharing, rated "lounge SAFE " (MY opinion )
This rant contains no programming or instructions.

..if I want your opinion, I'll ask for it - more true today
...that and a dime will get you cup of coffee - monetary obsolete
.. here is a dime, call somebody who cares.. technologically obsoleted , he refered to payphone

In the infancy of "software industry" it was common to "release and then wait for customer to provide feedback" AKA "let the customer spent his money testing OUR product".

My favorite "library" just totally rebuild its forum format...

Please notice ( an instruction !) ,
experienced similar
with "new coke " many years back...then I switched to beer...

...to your health...

No, I am NOT posting programming question , the post is clearly marked as "rant".
The unnamed site , to protect the guilty , rejected the attached code as " poorly formatted".
until I deleted #ifdef ...,#endif. Then it passed.

I am a believer that Alan Cooper was right when he stated that coders will take the path of least resistance / use less brain , when coding.
(Not to be confused with KISS...)
Apparently adding " post it anyway , WE can make an exception " would indirectly indicate that
the code is void of better analysis, hence more code / brain usage would be required.

void SettingsDialog::closeEvent( QCloseEvent* event )
{
#ifdef RETILE
    text = "\t#i#ifdef RETILE \n";
    text += "TRACE START Retile mdiArea subwindows ....  ";
    text += " ";
    //text += " TASK  initActionsConnections() ";
    text += Q_FUNC_INFO;
    text += QString::number(__LINE__);
    qDebug().noquote() << text;
#endif

    //event->accept();   // what does it do ??
    //return;

    text += "    ";
    text += "\n\t test send text to child";

I am not allowed to post instructions, however , I hope it is OK to post suggestion.
I have been watching too many "spaghetti western movies " - strictly as a needed break from drudgery of coding.
Their plots are not very imaginative - most of them have fists fights in local saloon.

And that, sometime whisky induced brawl, what promoted this vent.

This subforum , in my opinion, is turning into verbal fistfights by few illiterate, "me first" , outlaws and my hope is it will not end with OK corral style gun fight.

adios amigos

Long time ago I received some basic training about C in short community college class.
The teacher made references to "ANSI C ".
Just run into very confusing documentation while trying to
detect standard window "close" AKA " click X" icon..

Mixture of event / receiver / default implementation /re implementation.

Hence this , non programming question,

Is there such thing as "ANSI C ++ " ?

Can I start
"Tell Ubuntu " ?

( what is broken )

List of Ubuntu goofy items available for a fee - you choose the currency.

Here is an example of what is happening

" How much is one plus one ?"

since the sentence ends with "?" it is a question.

answer
" RTFM
you have asked this before
it takes brain...
can you follow instruction ?
if you cannot follow the instruction ...
go back to school
"
can anybody see that one and one is two ?

I am pointing out that the made up , example "answer", did not contain
" one and one is two ".

I have been putting up with the above attitude , "answers" posted by a person signing as "software engineer of company X ".
Posted by a person who is getting paid by the company X.

I quit responding to this (jerk) , however, in today's world business GENERALLY react ,
respond to negative review.

Should I send one to the company X?

I prefer NOT , I assume "they" do not care.


End of rant
Have a swell day

After recent fiasco trying to get NEW car key I have decided I want to be
"professional chat " person when I grow up.

That is not a typo - it was posted as such.

PS
My java hangout is hiring - starting at $10.50
Pushing buttons and giving correct change is reqired.

I wonder what is required qualification for
"professional chat " person job.

From my experience , reading (English) is not one of them.

This is not a programming question.
Very odd post - I am actually asking for opinions...

Please share your actual experience and tell your opinion
(in few words, do not want to take too much of your time )

what you recommend as
C++ learning book ( no u-tube, PLEASE ) written in
K&R style.

I mean "meat and potatoes" and minimal "click this /click that"
(got one already ) kindergarten picture book of 500 + pages.

Cheers

Just curious, or am I expecting too much ?

OK, I declare / define C function to return int...
Then I forget to add
return ...
in code.

Compiles / links AND crashes with no error message...

Message removed

When I post here , asking for help
do I have to spell it out ?

"...I am looking for a solution..."

is it not obvious?

or is this forum now a " social media chat " box?

Reason for THIS post
I have recently experienced a "reply" which basically
restated / reformatted my post

and did not actually offered a solution.


End of rant

I also hold high opinions about the quality of KNOWLEDGE of this forum...
( monetary gifts optional / beer OK )

I am an OF who lost the LAST ignition working key... end of story.
My "friend" mentioned $4000 "computer" THEY (?) use to solve the missing key problem ...

This "computer" connect to the vehicle via OBD hardware, EVERY car is E/W.

Would it be too high of a goal to learn

everything I always wanted to know HOW to use (PROGRAM !) OBD
to "program the responder ignition key "
AND
is (currently ?) a guarded secret limited to " only need to know " dealership etc. "


" there must be a pony here somewhere ..."

How about starting with "OBD specification " ?

Cheers

An OF lost the LAST ignition car key...
as side result
the OF ( with lifetime electronics experience ) , has a burning desire to learn all about the " car protection with programmed key " ...

Apparently that is a big national security issue and there is no TECHNICAL info ...
At least Mrs Google won't tell.
Any idea ?

My uneducated guess - Bluetooth ??

Spent few minutes consuming my daily java and observing workers to

add yellow frame around traffic lights

The immediate effect was to create traffic jam and indirectly causing
"fender bender" - thus further reducing 4 lanes of traffic to one....

My burning question - will adding yellow frame around traffic light HELP TO

reduce / eliminate / affect speeding drivers with
mentality " I do not care, I am going thru ..."


from going thru RED light ?

Here is something you all been waiting for to flame me :

statement 
subclassing is same as inheritance
declaration 
class A is a subclass if/when  it inherits from class B 
example:         
class A : class B
        
statement 
class A is called parent if/when class B is used as its variable 

Con / pro expected...

Variation of terminology is also expected.
Sticking with the subject optional.

If feasible, skip "declaration / definition" challenge.

Cheers

Do people in other parts of the globe, especially in UK,
have a clue what the phrase means?