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Can a bug be by design? :)

• telemachos 17y ago
  It's a fairly common phrase (I thought - maybe not) simply meaning: you or I or everyone may not like it, but the developers did it that way on purpose. In many cases, a bug by design is a question of trade-offs. In this case, stricter rules for the parser might mean more syntax for the programmer.
  • gaius 17y ago
    For this to count as a feature and not, umm, a dodgy implementation of a parser, it would have to convey some advantage... But what?
    • jstotz 17y ago
      As far as I can tell the only advantage is the ability to write code such as this: if condition x = true end puts "hello" if x without initializing x to false before the conditional.