Strange thing in System.Generics.Defaults.pas

[Jacek Laskowski 57]

Quote:

 

unit System.Generics.Defaults;

[...]

function GetHashCode_Class(Inst: PSimpleInstance; const Value: TObject): Integer;
begin
  if Value = nil then
    Result := 42
  else
    Result := Value.GetHashCode;
end;

What is this? Why 42? 🙂

 

 

ps. Delphi Tokyo, maybe other too

[Neutral General 15]

Because 42 is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything

Edited November 29, 2018 by Sherlock
It is a bit more than just everything.

[Markus Kinzler 174]

Was done on "Towel Day".

[David Heffernan 2345]

That value is as good as any other value. It just has to adhere to the rule that the same value is returned every time when the same input value is supplied. 

Edited November 29, 2018 by David Heffernan

[santiago 36]

42 in binary is 101010

Maybe that is why they chose that number. Just a guess though...

[David Heffernan 2345]

50 minutes ago, santiago said:

42 in binary is 101010

Maybe that is why they chose that number. Just a guess though...

Why not 10101010? Or 1010101010? Or 1010? Or 10? 

[Nathan Wild 3]

That made my day 🙂

[Tom Chamberlain 47]

It is all explained here

[Sue King 5]

Wow ! Surely as good an answer as possible.

[Jacek Laskowski 57]

"The number 42 is, in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, the "Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything", calculated by an enormous supercomputer named Deep Thought over a period of 7.5 million years. "

 

Yes, I was looking for that! 🙂

[haentschman 92]

Hi...

...one is still missing. The film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_(film)

 

cutout https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aboZctrHfK8

Edited December 6, 2018 by haentschman

[Rudy Velthuis 91]

On 12/5/2018 at 5:02 PM, Tom Chamberlain said:

It is all explained here

You meant " The angle rounded to whole degrees for which a rainbow appears (the critical angle). ", right?

🌈🦄

 

Edited February 7, 2019 by Rudy Velthuis
Everything for or users