* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 07:31:09PM CET: > > > > It's nicer to avoid bugs than having to work around them. > > > > > > > I have to say that, when it comes to error checking, I tend to prefer > > > automation that warns me noisily (+1 if it also offers advices) to > > > automation that tries to second-guess me behind my shoulders. > > > > Who said something about second-guessing?
> I was using it in the sense of "try to guess/anticipate my intentions, > or to adjust them in case they look wrong, or to silently correct my > possible mistakes -- all without warning me", I understood you that way. I merely thought that we could avoid the problem cleanly, which to me would not count as doing something "behind one's back". But unfortunately the @&t@ trick doesn't fully work. Thanks, Ralf
