Re: Time to ditch "SSCCE"?

On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 17:42:21 GMT, "Thomas G. Marshall"
<tgm2tothe10thpower@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote or quoted
:

>>> "Post your code" is probably a more effective suggestion.

Perhaps some conditioning is in order.

Every time someone posts code, thank them.

Every time they don't, refuse to speculate, just say "I can't tell
without seeing your code." or "The problem is in the code you didn't
post" without giving any further detail.

You have to decide on a case by case basis it the request for complete
code is reasonable. It certainly is for any newbie with a compile
error. At the very least for compile error you should demand the
declarations of all elements involved.

So long as people can sometimes get answers without posting code, they
will always try that first. They don't care how frustrating it is for
those trying to help them.

On our side, we should relax the request for short code. If it is too
long for a post, put it up on a website somewhere as a zip. For those
without websites, perhaps someone would volunteer space.



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