On 22/09/12 01:18, Jerry Hill wrote:
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Prasad, Ramit
<ramit.pra...@jpmorgan.com> wrote:
Ironically, that describes me. So what is the preference for large
code samples? Just always include it? What about for the main list?
It's tricky.
Ideally, you need to take your large code base, and reduce it into a
short piece of sample code that is runnable and reproduces your issue.
+10000 on this.
See also:
http://sscce.org/
But, suppose you try really hard, and the shortest you can get your code
down is 200 lines (for example). What then?
There is no good answer. Speaking for myself, I would prefer that you
attach the file to your email. But others will be unhappy if you do
that, and will prefer that you use a pastebin. But if you use a pastebin,
I will be unhappy (I am probably not the only one). So whatever you do,
you will make somebody unhappy.
Oh well, that's life.
In many cases, the act of trimming your code down to that form will
actually cause you to find the answer to your own question without
even needing to send it. This process is sometimes known as "rubber
ducking" --
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/03/rubber-duck-problem-solving.html
I can't count the number of times that I've had a problem, decided to
send it to a mailing list for help, and in the process of fully
describing the problem I'm having, come up with the solution without
even having to send the email.
I second that. Just the other day, I was puzzling over how to do something
in Python, involving the signal module. By the time I had written a *short*
(less than twenty lines) example showing what I was trying to do, I had
worked out how to do it and didn't need to send the email.
This was not an unusual case.
--
Steven
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