Since this could technically apply to any programming language, I'll tag it as [NF], but Foxpro was the inspiration for the question.
This past weekend, I was working on a significant refactoring of an existing application and I found myself in that never-ending land of try and re-try until all of the dumb, crash causing bugs were out of the way and I could get on with working on logic issues and other more important thoughts. There are a lot of different "bugs" that get in the way of programming success many of which I experience on a regular basis. So, I thought it might be fun and interesting to try to find out what programmers think their biggest sources of bugs are. Below is my short list of bug sources in no particular order. Rank them in the order of the pain they cause you from most to least: Typos Bad Variable References Bad Object References Logic Errors Unexpected Data Variations Incorrect Data Types Local vs Public Variables Cut n Paste Code Unexpected User Actions PS: if you can think of more sources of bug pain, please add them as required. Paul H. Tarver Tarver Program Consultants, Inc. Email: <mailto:p...@tpcqpc.com> p...@tpcqpc.com --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/021e01d336d3$4342d890$c9c889b0$@tpcqpc.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
