Duncan Murdoch wrote: <snip>
> On 22/02/2009 6:22 PM, Wacek Kusnierczyk wrote: >> well, ok, but it sounds odd to me that in a large multideveloper project >> where not only people are allowed to use their idiosyncratic habits (and >> leave bug-inducing footprints behind), but even the idea of having a >> consistent way of printing debug messages seems not to have been >> discussed (how much am i off here?). > > I think you are just trolling now. How could we stop people from > using whatever method they wanted when debugging? And we don't > "allow" people to leave bugs behind, but sometimes (being fallible) > they do anyways. i wasn't trolling, it was a genuine question. you're probably too sensitive. i don't see anything wrong in at least trying to achieve consensus on policies for how code is altered by various developers. <snip> > >> >> yes, though irrespectively of the consequences, it still was a bug, >> no? (have you thanked stavros for reporting it?) > > I hope he realizes that we do appreciate the report. That's why it > got such quick attention. (I don't expect him to thank me for fixing > it, either.) and why not? is it usual (an polite) to make (and express) the assumption that no one will thank you for removing a bug? vQ ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
