Objectives
In this chapter, you’ll learn:
- How to carry out debugging as an incompetently led investigation, specifically by:
Making wild guesses
Favoring your own pet theories
Refusing to be methodical
How to frustrate debugging by writing code that leaves no clues behind
How to avoid carrying out proper fixes on faulty code
Prerequisites
Before reading this chapter, make sure you’re familiar with debuggers and their basic facilities, like stepping through code and inspecting variables.
Introduction
You can’t win them all. Not every bug you create will escape the attention of your conscientious colleagues. ...
