On Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at 6:38:48 PM UTC-4, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Thu, 19 Mar 2015 06:42 am, Chris Kavanagh wrote: > > > While I appreciate the help greatly I thought I had put the entire > > traceback of the error. I was posting here and on StackOverflow, and > > suppose I got confused. > > We all make mistakes. I got distracted and forgot to link you to > > http://sscce.org/ > > ("Short, Self Contained, Correct (Compilable), Example") which might have > helped you understand where I was coming from. > > I understand that when you're focused on fixing this one error, its hard to > care about the big picture, but the bigger picture is that the error you > had was actually a pretty basic problem. Learning how to debug your own > code is the most important thing we can teach you, in the sense of the old > proverb about giving a person a fish versus teaching them how to fish. > > What I hope you learned from my post is: > > - The traceback contains valuable debugging information, particularly > when it shows the actual line of code that fails. If you're not > reading it, you should. If you're not understanding it, you should > ask about it. > > - Most bugs are localised, and if you can isolate the bug, not only > do you help us to help you, but you may even solve the problem > yourself. > > - And *least important of all*, hopefully I gave you some solutions > to your immediate problem. > > > > 2nd, you say you "don't want to play guessing games", yet complain about > > "300 lines of irrelevant code", lol. Which way is it? Do you want the > > code, or not? How do I know what's relevant or irrelevant when I'm clearly > > confused? On Stack, if you don't post the entire code, you are asked to do > > so. I would think it would be the same procedure here. > > I'm pretty sure that on Stackoverflow they don't insist on you posting your > entire program. What if it is 100,000 lines of code split over twenty > files? I think they ask for the same as the SSCCE site above, a minimum > sample of code which they can run and see the error themselves. > > Have you got a solution to your immediate problem now, or are you still > looking for help? > > > > > -- > Steven
Again,thanks for the help and sorry about the mistake(s). . .No, I'm sure if the code is "10,000" lines no one want it posted no matter what site. However, mine wasn't 10,000 lines it was a relatively small piece of code, that's why I posted it. I've been admonished on S.O. for NOT posting entire code before. Of course what I've posted in the past has been relatively short examples. No, I don't need any further help as far as the direct question goes. It was a question I should've easily figured out myself. Unfortunately due to long work hours and me doing this in the middle of the night, I got lazy. I would like to figure out how to code this better , but haven't had time to look at your links (examples) closely yet (which is greatly appreciated). Anyways, I thought I was doing the right thing by posting all of it. You live and you learn. I know better now, lol. Thanks to all for the help. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
