Because it's unreliable.

Imagine someone shooting a BB gun blindfolded. He keeps hitting you in the butt and it's darn uncomfortable. So you move ten inches to the right. The BB's continue whizzing past you, "thwap, thwap, thwap..." Then the shooter scratches an itch and resumes shooting, but this time he hits you again. Or you lean to the side to pick something up... you get hit again. Or someone walks up to talk to you, and he gets hit. Just because you're not currently getting hit doesn't mean the BB's aren't hitting anything anymore. You're just not the one getting hit.

Adding the print statement might stop you from getting bit by the bug, but it doesn't mean the bug isn't biting anymore. Some minor change elsewhere in the code could cause the stars to align again and you start getting bit again.

Just a thought....


Dave

In reply to Re^2: disappearing segfault by davido
in thread disappearing segfault by cfreeman

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