It comes in handy of course that you can dynamically adjust the size of a List or Dictionary.
But this time I want to use a Dictionary with sizes from 1 to 8.
When I have e.g. size 3, it will stay that way.
On the net I found a solution to use a wrapper class around a Dictionary, which could do the job.
Should I resort to an array instead, or are there still other options?
ddanbe 2,724 Professional Procrastinator Featured Poster
deceptikon 1,790 Code Sniper Team Colleague Featured Poster
Why exactly do you need this? Unless you're writing a library (in which case a wrapper is the appropriate solution), it's more a matter of careful coding and checking invariants where necessary.
ddanbe 2,724 Professional Procrastinator Featured Poster
I would like to simulate some digital gates like NAND-gate, OR-gate etc.
For the input ports I thought a Dictionary might be handy. With as key portnr and as value a signal enumeration, indicating the signal level. I know that for optimalisation reasons a collection is bigger than it needs to be, but for sizes of 1 to 8 input ports that is of no importance. Hence my question. Please correct me if you see other solutions.
deceptikon 1,790 Code Sniper Team Colleague Featured Poster
Honestly, I wouldn't worry about it unless you're under some harsh memory constraints.
ddanbe 2,724 Professional Procrastinator Featured Poster
Thanks. I come from a past where every byte counted. I have to debrief on that I guess. :-)
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