in reply to sleuthing out an imperative programming buglet

I don't get why you're posting this. You don't tell us where your error was, what the path to the error location was, what your process of thinking was, or what enlightenment you found from pursuing the path up to the error.

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Re^2: sleuthing out an imperative programming buglet
by metaperl (Curate) on Apr 06, 2009 at 16:53 UTC
    I don't get why you're posting this.
    Perhaps I didn't explain myself clearly enough. the original post said Have fun sleuthing out what appears to be a problem with HTML::Tree but in fact has to do with my own oversight... good luck Sherlock!

    I already solved the problem, but the trip-up was so easy to do, I thought it would be neat for someone else to try to figure out exactly how I erred. It's like a detective story, only this time, you try to find the bug.

    You don't tell us where your error was,
    That's right. I did so intentionally. You pick up the clues as best you can...
    what the path to the error location was, what your process of thinking was,
    That's right - no clues... remember the title: 'sleuthing' ... all detectives have to do their own research!
    or what enlightenment you found from pursuing the path up to the error.
    Nope. Not at this stage... again: no clues. But there was a hint given - an imperative mindset where a functional paradigm was more succinct and less error-prone.
    If you have a question about your code, please post in Seekers of Perl Wisdom.
    Agreed. But this is a meditation because it involves problem solving where I already know the answer... but again, reading my original post (and the title), maybe I could've made my status with this 'problem' a bit clearer.

    I thought it would be interesting for others to try and solve a problem, but based on the downvoting, apparently not... either that or they have the same misunderstanding that you do about it.