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Re: How do you use `help` when write your code

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In article <mailman.11564.1404687291.18130.python-list@python.org>,
 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:

> But the important thing is that you log.

I 'spose.  Let's see.  Yesterday we generated 133 GB of log files.  And 
Sunday is a slow day :-)

> Have you ever had a bug where someone else finds it and then doesn't 
> give you full repro steps?

Are there people like that where you are?  Weird.

> There are times when you have to go for the "Real Programmer"
> debugging style. Pretend the program is a black box, no source code
> available, nothing.

Yup; strace and tcpdump are two of my best friends.  The source code 
only tells you what the program is *supposed* to do.  Strace tells you 
what it did.  And tcpdump tells you what it said.

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How do you use `help` when write your code Shiyao Ma <i@introo.me> - 2014-07-07 00:36 +0800
  Re: How do you use `help` when write your code Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-07-06 17:52 +0000
    Re: How do you use `help` when write your code Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2014-07-06 13:22 -0500
    Re: How do you use `help` when write your code Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-07-06 14:48 -0400
  Re: How do you use `help` when write your code Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2014-07-06 11:48 -0700
    Re: How do you use `help` when write your code Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-07-06 19:58 +0100
      Re: How do you use `help` when write your code Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-07-06 15:15 -0400
        Re: How do you use `help` when write your code Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-07 08:54 +1000
          Re: How do you use `help` when write your code Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-07-06 20:52 -0400
            Re: How do you use `help` when write your code Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-07 13:06 +1000
              Re: How do you use `help` when write your code Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-07-07 07:22 -0400
                Re: How do you use `help` when write your code Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-07 21:36 +1000
        Re: How do you use `help` when write your code Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2014-07-07 11:51 +1000

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