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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Python-list [mailto:python-list-bounces+michael.coll-
> barth=3Dverizonwireless.com@python.org] On Behalf Of Grant Edwards
> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 10:27 AM
> To: python-list@python.org
> Subject: Re: PyWart(2.7.8) IDLE is more buggy than "Joe's apartment"!
>=20
> On 2014-07-21, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
> > You call it a bug because you can't think of any way it could be
> > beneficial. That's the wrong way of looking at it. Something isn't a
> > bug because you find it annoying; it's a bug because it fails to
> > implement the programmer's intentions and/or the docs/specification.
>=20
> I was always taught that it's a "bug" is when a program doesn't do
> what a reasonable user expects -- that it's got nothing to do with the
> programmer's intent.
>=20
> --

I have to agree with Chris.  A bug is what you call something that happens =
contrary to design or intent.  Only.  I build a program, regardless of the =
platform, with my intent, not yours.  When it blows up or doesn't do what I=
 want, then it's a bug and it's a bug even if there are no users for my pro=
gram.

Something that happens contrary to user expectations is an annoyance to tha=
t user.  You might want to get your money back from those that taught you o=
therwise.

BTW, there ain't no such thing as a 'reasonable' user.  That's what they ca=
ll an oxymoron.=20