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Re:Ask HN: Do You Use a Debugger? by 369548684892826 on Sunday August 22, 2021 @02:10PM (#28267925)
> Your Java program throws some random NullPointerException? Prints, and lots of them.

Or just tell your debugger to break on exception.

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Re:Ask HN: Do You Use a Debugger? by sirwhinesalot on Sunday August 22, 2021 @02:23PM (#28268045)
That's useless, debugging a NPE is about figuring out where the null originated. Breaking on the exception is too late.
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Re:Ask HN: Do You Use a Debugger? by marcolinux on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @04:21AM (#28286280)
java 14, helpful NullPointerExceptions? https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/358
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