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"i would just like to get error messages that actually said something more than something went wrong. yea, no shit something went wrong, i already know that, bu
by mercer 9y ago
"i would just like to get error messages that actually said something more than something went wrong. yea, no shit something went wrong, i already know that, but what and why and how do i fix it are questions i want answered. i know the code knows what went wrong, so just tell me."
..and then a whole bunch of other comments with you bitching and being entitled about stuff.
Hi pot!
- salawat 9y agoI'm sorry, but you won't get that. That isn't how computer's work. There is no magical "understanding" available through a computer to tell you WHY an error occurred. It is a computing device. It can tell you THAT a problem occurred, and WHAT it was doing at the time. With a debugger, you are free to ask the WHAT question at many points within the program to figure out WHERE the problem is coming from. But the answer to WHY can only be divined by you. Mom had a saying she was fond of: "You must be at least 10% smarter than the piece of equipment." Computers are not smart. They are dumb things that are exceedingly trainable at doing very dumb, repetitive things very quickly. Layer on a bunch of layers of dumb stuff and finding the spot where someone derped becomes very difdicult, very quickly.
- mercer 9y agowut?