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I'm working on a project which stores single images and text files in one place, like a time capsule. Now, most every project can be saved as one file, like DOC, PPT, and ODF. But complete web pages can't -- they're saved as a separate HTML file and data folder. I want to save a web page in a single archive, and while there are several solutions, there's no "standard". Which is the best format for HTML archives? Microsoft has MHTML -- basically a file encoded exactly as a MIME HTML email message. It's already based on an existing standard, and MHTML as its own was proposed as rfc2557 . This is

There is a very convenient feature introduced in C++11 called raw string literals, which are strings with no escape characters. And instead of writing this: regex mask("\\t[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\t\\\\SUB"); You can simply write this: regex mask(R"(\t[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\t\\SUB)"); Quite more readable. However, note extra parenthesis around the string one have to place to define a raw string literal. My question is, why do we even need these? For me it looks quite ugly and illogical. Here are the cons what I see: Extra verbosity, while the whole feature is used to make literals more compact Hard to

This question on ' How to tell if a PHP array is empty ' had me thinking of this question Is there a reason that count should be used instead of empty when determining if an array is empty or not? My personal thought would be if the 2 are equivalent for the case of empty arrays you should use empty because it gives a boolean answer to a boolean question. From the question linked above, it seems that count($var) == 0 is the popular method. To me, while technically correct, makes no sense. E.g. Q: $var, are you empty? A: 7 . Hmmm... Is there a reason I should use count == 0 instead or just a

As a contrast to this wiki , I am looking for the proper way to implement Swing GUI controls from a coding standpoint. I have been on a quest to learn Java and its GUI tools but I find internet tutorial after internet tutorial that throws everything in main and I know this isn't right. I've also tried RAD systems like Netbeans and other "visual" editors but by the time I get to coding I've got a heap of code that I don't know half of what it does, so I'm intent on learning to hand code swing, and I know the basic controls and layout, but want to do it the right way. Is there a model or