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Re^3: When my script doesn't work, I ...

by dsheroh (Monsignor)
on Oct 02, 2012 at 10:12 UTC ( [id://996830]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^2: When my script doesn't work, I ...
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Don't forget Kernighan and Pike... Looking for their quote on the topic, I came across this page, which immediately follows their quote by also adding Bob Martin to the list, with Bob having commented that "Using a debugger is a code smell."

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Re^4: When my script doesn't work, I ...
by talexb (Chancellor) on Oct 02, 2012 at 15:59 UTC

    I'm not nearly as bright as any of those guys, but I want to make sure there are no misunderstandings when it comes to what the code is doing. Tests are awesome, but sometimes running code in a debugger will reveal subtleties that a log message doesn't. Once the compiler's happy with the code (as well as lint (C) or perlcritic (Perl) and everything looks fine in the debugger, I'm happy.

    Alex / talexb / Toronto

    "Groklaw is the open-source mentality applied to legal research" ~ Linus Torvalds

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