Debug output and you ;-)
Monday, December 1. 2008
Some people might have noticed that MobMap v3.15 occasionally throws out a joyful "yeah" into your default chat window while being used to display mob positions. Funny thing - I accidentially left a debug output command in the code which is the reason for this mysterious chat message.
I usually like to put those "yeah"-outputs in my code if I quickly want to check if a specific code branch is being taken or not (sometimes I slightly modify them depending on my moods, like "shit" or "crap"). Sometimes I need to follow a code path, then the "yeah" debugging concept is being extended to include "yeah1", "yeah2", "yeah3",..., "yeahN" markers ;-) I think I should patent this, as it definitely qualifies as a dynamic, agile and [insert any web2.0-buzzword here] concept, even though it really is crap and should be put into the "quick and dirty hack" category, with one downside being that it's rather easy to "forget" debug code in the final application release. But hey, sometimes crap is just the ideal tool to do the job!
Nevertheless...I have removed the debug output from the 3.15 downloads. I won't create a new release just for this, because the debug output doesn't interfere with functionality in any way, and it isn't severe enough to be actually disturbing cause it only happens in specific situations, and it will be fixed in the next regular release anyway. But if you'd like to get rid of the "yeah"s, just manually grab a new 3.15 download from the MobMap website.
I usually like to put those "yeah"-outputs in my code if I quickly want to check if a specific code branch is being taken or not (sometimes I slightly modify them depending on my moods, like "shit" or "crap"). Sometimes I need to follow a code path, then the "yeah" debugging concept is being extended to include "yeah1", "yeah2", "yeah3",..., "yeahN" markers ;-) I think I should patent this, as it definitely qualifies as a dynamic, agile and [insert any web2.0-buzzword here] concept, even though it really is crap and should be put into the "quick and dirty hack" category, with one downside being that it's rather easy to "forget" debug code in the final application release. But hey, sometimes crap is just the ideal tool to do the job!
Nevertheless...I have removed the debug output from the 3.15 downloads. I won't create a new release just for this, because the debug output doesn't interfere with functionality in any way, and it isn't severe enough to be actually disturbing cause it only happens in specific situations, and it will be fixed in the next regular release anyway. But if you'd like to get rid of the "yeah"s, just manually grab a new 3.15 download from the MobMap website.
