Re: File Generation
On Oct 27, 8:31 pm, Victor Bazarov <v.Abaza...@comAcast.net> wrote:
Jonathan Lee wrote:
On Oct 27, 1:21 pm, Victor Bazarov <v.Abaza...@comAcast.net> wrote:
<sigh> You've spoiled all the fun for "skywalker"... I hoped the OP
would print those names and figure it out himself.
Ha. Sorry. Didn't mean to ruin the surprise :)
LOL
Though to be honest I don't get the whole "hinting at the
answer" thing. In person, OK. But on Usenet? I tend to think
that when a poster gets a riddle instead of an answer, what
they learn is to not bother asking questions here.
It depends on the person asking the questions. If they are
inquisitive, naturally curious, they will keep looking, keep
trying to solve the puzzle. If hints supplied so far aren't
enough, they will ask for more.
If they are enough, they will solve the problem. And that's
what I would like to see in a specialist. Judging from the
question, the OP is still learning, so it helps them if we
don't just provide answers but point them in the general
direction of the solution and let them figure out the details.
There's a difference between "hinting" and "answering with a
riddle". Had the original poster followed up on your hint, he
would have found the error immediately, and in the process,
learned a few other important points, like testing the results
of an operation, and displaying all relevant information in an
error message. And IMHO, if the original poster doesn't have
enough initiative to do that, then he's probably better off in a
different domain. If your answer had really been a riddle, I
could understand Jonathan's objection to it, but IMHO it was
more along the lines of: here's what you should do to find the
answer. IMHO, an excellent and educational response.
--
James Kanze