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Re: Misleading error message of the day

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Date Fri, 9 Dec 2011 14:46:45 +1100
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On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 1:07 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> I forget where I saw this, but somebody took a screen shot of an error
> message from a GUI application that said something like:
>
> A fatal error occurred: no error
>
> and then aborted the app.

An errant error! Sounds like the stuff that happens here...

http://thedailywtf.com/Series/Error_0x27_d.aspx

This is getting quite off-topic though.

ChrisA

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        Re: Misleading error message of the day Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-12-08 20:19 -0500
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      Re: Misleading error message of the day Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2011-12-08 19:57 +0000
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