On Wednesday 16 March 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > * 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 [with the @&t@ trick], which to me would not count > as doing something "behind one's back". > You're right here -- but notice that you hadn't yet proposed that clean trick when I wrote my answer ;-)
> But unfortunately the @&t@ trick doesn't fully work. > > Thanks, > Ralf > Regards, Stefano
