Bug tracker best practices

[Derek Parnell]

On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:53:48 +0100, Stewart Gordon wrote:

> "Derek Parnell" <derek at nomail.afraid.org> wrote in message 
> news:1uh6rpcdf3j1o.10ejke9tjk8w1$.dlg at 40tude.net...
>> On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:37:25 +0200, Oskar Linde wrote:
>>
>>> More serious is that the following altered program compiles without 
>>> error:
>>>
>>> import std.random;
>>> void main() { std.random.index++; }
>>
>> What really annoys me about this oft reported bug is that Walter is still
>> silent as to whether he regards it as a bug or not. At this stage all I'd
>> like is either "No that is not a bug because <whatever>..." or "Yes it is 
>> a
>> bug and its on my TODO list".
> 
> What possible excuse is there for thinking this isn't a bug?

None that I can think of, but I was not trying to second-guess Walter's
Theory of Good Programming Practice, because I've done that in the past and
discovered that Walter and I have sharply different opinions about that
subject. <G>

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Derek Parnell
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