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Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:08:07 +1000
Subject: Re: exception problem
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 5:49 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Jun 2012 09:51:15 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote:
>
>> Mind you, I think every programmer should spend some time debugging
>> blind.
>
> You're a cruel, cruel man.
>
> I suppose next you're going to say that every programmer should spend
> some time programming using Notepad as their only editor.

No no, that's just *too* nasty.

But there are times now and then when, perhaps, you're working
remotely, and you have to figure out what's wrong without exception
tracebacks. Sure, 95% of programmers will never be in that situation,
but it's a good skill to have. And when that disaster _does_ strike
and you're stuck with just a file uploader and a crashing script,
you'll look awesome for being able to fix it in five minutes flat :)

ChrisA