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From: Russ Cox <rsc@swtch.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] read(2) problem on p9p?
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:46:50 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTinRbO3KM3W7TDuJMABOmbQO16omJKpXj4TDvxvr@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c6478a96751da957c3740187fd87a20f@swcp.com>

>> it would help if you posted a complete program.
>
> I will make a point of doing so in the future, but...  This is part of an
> automated regression test suite and is separate from the server.  Sending
> you the complete system would at this point require sending the entire
> source-base to compile and test.
>
> That is why I posted a code snippet instead of sending the whole code base
> -- which I thought a bit excessive at this point.

No, you shouldn't send the whole code base.
You should take the time to cut the program down to
a short demonstration of the problem before posting to
the list.  9 times out of 10 you find, as was the case
here, that the problem is not where you thought it was,
and you avoid the list post entirely, saving the time of
the many readers and your time too, since you get the
answer faster.

Russ


  reply	other threads:[~2010-08-13 18:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-08-13 16:54 EBo
2010-08-13 17:16 ` [9fans] " erik quanstrom
2010-08-13 17:46   ` EBo
2010-08-13 17:51 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2010-08-13 18:14   ` Russ Cox
2010-08-13 18:35     ` EBo
2010-08-13 18:46       ` Russ Cox [this message]
2010-08-13 19:03         ` EBo
2010-08-13 18:16   ` EBo
2010-08-13 18:58     ` erik quanstrom

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