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Re:I stopped contributing to stackoverflow, but it's not dec... by recursive on Monday September 26, 2016 @10:22AM (#12582008)
A common theme for new users I've noticed is questions regarding a code snippet. The question claims the code doesn't work - that it throws or produces an incorrect result. However, the code is completely correct.

How else can you respond, other than saying "the code seems to be correct, and there's not enough to reproduce the problem here. can you provide more information?"

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Re:I stopped contributing to stackoverflow, but it's not dec... by Mithaldu on Monday September 26, 2016 @10:24AM (#12582028)
That is honestly a completely different kind of answer, that imo is perfectly fine. Although, it should come as a comment first, not an answer, but deserves promotion to answer if no further info is given.

The difference between your phrasing, and a blunt "works for me" is that you actually bother to inquire further and don't desire to just shut things down so you can move on to the next question and make more points.

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