On 2009-08-25 09:49 AM, Ben Finney wrote:
Esmail<ebo...@hotmail.com> writes:
Hi Ben,
Ben Finney wrote:
Whenever a simple output statement is too cumbersome for debugging, I
take it as a sign that the program is too cumbersome to follow.
I'll have to think about this .. though my gut says this is true :-)
Note that it's only a sign, *not* an ironclad guarantee. But it's the
right way to bet, IME.
re your other point about the interactive shell, I agree it's useful,
but to me still doesn't quite do what a full-fledged debugger can -
but perhaps that is a reflection of my skill with the shell at this
point.
This, on the other hand, I find even more consistent: if the code can't
be effectively inspected from the interactive interpreter, that's a sure
sign that its external interfaces are poor or its internal dependencies
too tightly coupled; or more likely both.
And a debugger is a great tool to help you figure out exactly why your code
doesn't actually have the wonderful decoupling that you thought you designed
into it so you can fix it. :-)
--
Robert Kern
"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
an underlying truth."
-- Umberto Eco
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