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String title = "Choosing a variable type for storing gender"; (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 years ago by a_random_fox@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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I saw a post from someone wanting more trans memes and took that as a sign to post one of mine.

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[–] sussy_gussy@wirebase.org 2 points 2 years ago

3d vector gender

[–] midas@ymmel.nl 2 points 2 years ago

In the app I'm building contacts have an Enum Sex (Male, Female, Unknown) and an Integer Gender which is a foreign key to gender table

[–] zifnab25@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

barbarian Float Gender

[–] XPost3000@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"Please Input Your Gender": Girl' ; DROP TABLE GENDERS

[–] D-ISS-O-CIA-TED@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago

I will never not laugh at this joke, it's so sudden and unexpected. And the all caps is so "loud". I love it :)

[–] _cnt0@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Strings are messy. I'm in favor of some covoluted struct or union.

[–] Biscuit@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

They’re also too static. Need a user provided script to handle things like gender fluid.

[–] DAT@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

why have to store it as data at all?

[–] Biscuit@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

How else will they know how to spend their ad dollars!?