"D" annoyances

[Steven Schveighoffer]

"Tower Ty" wrote
> BCS Wrote:
>
>> Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
>> > "BCS" <BCS at pathlink.com> wrote in message
>> > news:fvnauf$2hii$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> >
>> >
>> >>>" tango.core.Exception.IllegalArgumentException: Argument not valid "
>> >>>
>> >>>Surely you cold put a line number, or other reference so it means
>> >>>something?
>> >>
>> >>file a bug report.
>> >
>> >
>> > I'm not so sure.  That looks like a runtime error, not a compile time 
>> > error.
>> >
>> > If he's getting the error when he tries to compile something, maybe 
>> > it's an
>> > error in a build tool, but it certainly does not look like a compile 
>> > time
>> > error.
>> >
>> >
>>
>> OK then file a tango bug report/feature request.
>
> Yep its a runtime error . I should have said . As you can't file a bug 
> report without joining something and giving out emails I am using this as 
> a bug report venue and have been for some time .
>
> If no-one chooses to do anything about them too bad . There are stacks of 
> choices for me.
>

Even if you filed this as a bug report, it wouldn't be sufficient.  There is 
no way of reproducing, no way of knowing whether you are throwing this 
exception in your code, or using another library, etc.  More information 
about what you are doing is necessary.

I don't think any reasonable software development team is going to take a 
bug report seriously if you don't take it seriously.  If you would rather 
not use Tango, then that is a viable option.  If your goal is to use Tango, 
put in some effort and file a ticket.

Even digitalmars uses a bug reporting system, and their team pretty much 
doesn't do anything without a bug report there.  The newsgroup is for 
fleshing out ideas, seeing if someone else knows how to solve a problem, 
asking if a bug is already known, etc.  It is not a bug reporting mechanism.

-Steve