https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15331
--- Comment #5 from [email protected] --- >(In reply to Chris Wright from comment #4) > > No I wont. > > If you're leaving it to the other person to file the new bug, you could > perhaps leave it to them to resolve the issue as invalid. There's far less > chance of a real problem getting lost that way. I knew what i was doing when closing. You know why ? because of this: http://forum.dlang.org/thread/[email protected] > > > It's rather up to you, "next time" to take a moment to ask for a > > clarification > > First, I'm choosing to spend my time to write up a bug report to improve D. > If you are interested in the success of D, that goal would be poorly served > by adding roadblocks to others attempting to improve it -- unless filtering > out erroneous bugs has already proven onerous. Has it? If so, I'll gladly > volunteer a couple hours a week toward verifying and reproducing bugs so > that others who are less attached to D can do less legwork up front. You see a roadblock while I give the opportunity to improve yourself. > Second, you're asking me to take hours of wall time, not a moment. It means > I have to make a newsgroup post, which is exactly as much work as filing a > bug, then remember to go back to the newsgroup after a few hours, then, if > nobody's responded, file a bug. That remembering to file a bug part is > nontrivial; it means I'll fail to report a decent fraction of issues I > identify. (And if someone responded on the newsgroup after I submitted an > issue, you would likely still be snippy at me, leaving me with a dilemma > about how long to wait between asking about a problem and filing the bug.) By experience I know it's fast, answers come fast in dlang.lean. By experience I also know that the simple fact to formulate a problem better (so that everybody can understand it) helps to find the answer. We 've all experienced that. > Third, the main thrust of your newsgroup argument was that you found that an > issue had already been reported. No no no, you don't get my example related to the Q asked about partially instantiated templates. In this particular case, yes it would have been a duplicate, but it could also be a programming error from mine. This is the whole point of my argumentation. Intead of being a bit humble and to ask yourself if the error could come from you, the first thing you do is to suspect a bug in DMD or Phobos. That's a characterized bias (Congruence bias). > Fourth, I frequently see Andrei and Walter telling people to file bugs for > issues rather than reporting them to the newsgroup. I'm going with their > suggestions rather than yours. I was not suggesting anyone to report bugs in the NG, I was suggesting to ask how to use this or that rather than considering that if you don't manage to do this or that because something it's a bug. But finally the real problem here is that you can't stand my interference, can you ? --
