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Re: Another bizarre phenomenon

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  • Subject: [mg51673] Re: Another bizarre phenomenon
  • From: Steve Gray <stevebg at adelphia.net>
  • Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 03:38:48 -0400 (EDT)
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On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 06:02:52 +0000 (UTC), Steve Gray <stevebg at adelphia.net> wrote:

>I replaced a 3-letter symbol with another 3-letter symbol, looking at
>each search and replacement. All seemed ok. Then I tried to execute the
>file and it went nuts. I somehow found that if I removed JUST ONE SPACE
>between the Module list of local symbols in a function definition line,
>and a comment on the same line, all was OK again.  Wow. This happened
>at least twice, identically. Any comments?
>
>Steve Gray

Thanks for all  your replies. I had no idea that an expensive, professional-level
program would have such obvious bugs. The one about comments is far from the
first one i've encountered. My respect for the program just went down a bunch
and my caution just went down by the same amount. I will no longer assume
that bugs are my fault.

Steve Gray


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