At 10/9/2007 03:46 PM, Ed Gould wrote:
[snip] BTW after thinking it through I would rather not have the dependancies name you mentioned as DR comes into play [...]
Yep. That's a good point.
The secret DDNAME does not work unless it changes say every week (or so) as people let the cat out of the bag without thinking...
I was thinking of "secret" from customers so that they would not accidently and unexpectedly be confronted with a debugging interface for which they would not have the background knowledge for using said interface.
But "secret" was too strong a word for me to use. What I really was talking about was a ddname that was unlikely to be used accidently by a customer. Nothing more than that.
If a customer wants to intentionally inflict such pain upon himself (debugging code for which he has no source), why would that be of particular concern? I just don't get why this would be a "cat" that had to be kept in a "bag"...
In any case, this is all beside the point. I was just giving some examples of how a developer might keep a customer from accidentally having to cope with an internal debugging interface that he should never have to see anyway. There are maybe thousands of other ways to afford this sort of protection, ranging from very simple to very complex. If you find shortcomings in my suggestions, well you're a smart person. If you wanted to, I'm sure you could find a way to both enjoy the benefits of an interactive debugger (such as z/XDC) and keep it from appearing in the wrong context.
[snip] If people (ie programmers) were really honest it would not be an issue but programmers have this attitude what ever I can get away with I will and point fingers if he can't. While I can say its not just programmers its a fair share as programmers are bright and they can/do squeeze through any loop hole that can be found ...
Wow! I'm sure glad I've never had to work with the lowlife that you've suffered with!
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