Re: Bug in XML::Parser (maxims)

From Good Advice and Maxims for Programmers:

#11907 Looking for a compiler bug is the strategy of LAST resort. LAST resort.
#11943 Ah yes, and you are the first person to have noticed this bug since 1987. Sure.
#11958 The bug is in you, not in Perl.

And in case you think I'm just being rude, I'll share this secret with you; remembering these (and the other) maxims has actually helped me to avoid looking in the wrong place for problems... many times. The presentation may be gruff, but keeping it in mind will often shorten the path to finding the root cause.

Bugs in Perl, and in CPAN modules do turn up from time to time. But they're the issue far less frequently code we've touched, or data input we're accepting.

Dave

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Re^2: Bug in XML::Parser (maxims) by manunamu (Initiate) on Oct 23, 2013 at 04:08 UTC
Perlmonks: Salutations! All points that you have made about me being extremely shabby etc. are valid. Appreciate the answers as well. Many thanks for the same. I should have done the basic check of XML for validity. Work pressure dominated - shouldn't have, but it did. I did not mean to be pompous when I used that subject line in the mail, nor was it an attempt to show-off that I found a bug. It was just my reaction to being vexed. Anyway, will certainly be careful next time and yes, will ensure that any questions that I post will not be in any way presumptuous. Cheers, Manu	[reply]
Re^3: Bug in XML::Parser (maxims) by davido (Cardinal) on Oct 23, 2013 at 04:13 UTC
Well I hope you found the humor in those Maxims, because (I believe) they're intended to be humorous, and it was certainly my intent to enjoy them for that reason, while at the same time acknowledging the sound advice that they provide. ;) Dave	[reply]
Re^4: Bug in XML::Parser (maxims) by manunamu (Initiate) on Oct 23, 2013 at 05:20 UTC
Humorous? Yes! Chastised? Absolutely! Although, having seen all other posts from perlmonks where others had fallen prey to my kind of shabbiness, I did expect to be humorously chastised.	[reply]
Re^3: Bug in XML::Parser (maxims) by marinersk (Priest) on Oct 23, 2013 at 12:48 UTC
I think "shabby" might be a bit overly critical; thus, more so for "extremely shabby". As if we haven't all taken a drink from the "Oops" jar from time to time. `:-)` That said, you see the light on the error, which is what you came here for, and perhaps will take away a small bit of wisdom to not let work pressure interfere with basic diagnostic process -- another sin we have all surely committed from time to time. I know I have.	[reply] [d/l]