* Steven D'Aprano:
On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:47:31 +0100, Alf P. Steinbach wrote:
PS: Next time it would have helped to include a URL to the issue.
http://bugs.python.org/issue7681
FYI there is already some feedback in the tracker.
Yeah, someone who had the bright idea that maybe there isn't a bug,
thinking instead that maybe a "wrong" name in *a comment* might be the
culprit -- of all things!
He was probably just trying to be helpful.
But what do you say to someone who tries to help but is really just
making a mess of things?
Before pointing out the mote in another person's eye, you should consider
the enormous beam in yours. You initially reported a completely bogus
error (NameError: name 'framerate' is not defined) and Brian responded to
that.
I don't know why you're claiming he was responding to a name that was
commented out, when you included a traceback clearly showing that the
line was executed.
No, the out-commented line was not executed and was not shown in any traceback.
Comments are not executed.
If we're supposed to think Brian "is really just making a mess of
things" (your words) for responding to incorrect information, what are we
supposed to think of the person who submitted the incorrect information
in the first place?
I'm sorry but you're trying to make people believe something that you know is
false, which is commonly called lying.
The error report included the line numbers of the buggy lines, plus a correction
of the output: I first pasted incorrect error message, then corrected that
*immediately*. But I just found no way to edit the original message, so both
that and the correction ended up present. The correction with "Sorry, here's the
correct message", or words to that effect. In the one and only original submission.
So it's not like the person responding should have any problem at all, and it's
not like he was presented with incorrect information. To top it off he did not
respond to the output that was corrected. He believed the problem was a name in
a comment.
I think you need to chill out and stop treating a simple bug report as a
personal slight on you.
I'm sorry but you're again trying to make people believe something that you know
is false, which is commonly called lying: it is not the case that I have strong
feelings or any feelings at all about that bug report or any other.
But you're starting to annoy me.
I think it's OK when you respond to technical issues where you have
misunderstood something basic, even when you do that by assertion, as you
usually do (it would be better if you just asked about things that you don't
understand). But it's not OK when you're trying to create impressions that are
false, and it's not OK when you try to demonstrate telepathic powers and discuss
others' emotions and motivations. I tell you straight.
- Alf
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