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Re:“It is never a compiler error” by sly010 on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @10:55AM (#15704603)
> Even thinking "it could be a compiler error" invites laziness.

Or worse it could invite curiosity and now you are spending time wondering how could you tell if it's a compiler bug and how would you go about debugging it.

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Re:“It is never a compiler error” by Cpoll on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @12:15PM (#15705408)
Or worse it could deter curiosity and now you are spending time complaining about compiler bugs instead of debugging your code.

If it's really a compiler bug, you'll find out in the process of debugging your code.

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