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public Enum Suit
{
  Spades,
  Clubs,
  Diamonds,
  Hearts
}

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public class Suit
{
  public static readonly Suit CLUBS = new Suit("Hearts");
  public static readonly Suit DIAMONDS = new Suit("Diamonds");
  public static readonly Suit HEARTS = new Suit("Hearts");
  public static readonly Suit SPADES = new Suit("Spades");

  private Suit(string pName)
  {
    name = pName;

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public class SomeClass
{
  public SomeClass()
  {
    // do something awesome here
  }
}

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public class DBConnection
{
  private const int MAXCONNECTIONS = 5;  // arbitrary
  public DBConnection()
  {
    // Oh no, what if we're over the max allowed connections!
  }
}

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// this class doesn't compile!
public class DBConnection
{
  public DBConnection(string pConnectionString, bool pIsTransactional)
  {
    // do something mind-blowingly awesome
  }

  public DBConnection(string pConnectionString, bool pKeepAlive)
  {

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public class DBConnection
{
  private const int MAXCONNECTIONS = 5;
  private static int connectionsOpen = 0;

  private DBConnection(){}

  // static factory in some sort of pooling situation
  public static DBConnection GetConnection()
  {

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a {
  text-decoration: none;
  color: green;
}
a:hover {
  text-decoration: underline;
}
a:active {
  color: purple;
}

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a {
  color: green;
  &:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
  }
  &:active {
    color: purple;
  }
  &:visited {
    color: yellow;

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$main-color: #701A14;
$sub-color: #A64C32;
$accent-color: #BF8B5B;

/* Changing color schemes is as simple as updating the 3 lines above */
p {
  color: $main-color;
  background-color: $sub-color;
  .accent {
    color: $sub-color;

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@mixin colorize {
    $color: blue;
    $bg-color: green;
    color: $color;
    background-color: $bg-color;
}

p {
    @include colorize;
    margin-bottom: 20px;