Re: How to display instructions around the current instuction?

Christian Biesinger via Gdb
2021-01-28T17:42:36Z

On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 6:37 PM Peng Yu via Gdb <gdb@sourceware.org> wrote:
>
> I have already thanked other people who send correct answers. But
> helping by definition should making sure the answers are correctly. It
> is not a valid excuse to say to post untested wrong results are OK
> because of "helping".
>
> If an answers is not correct, it should not be sent in the first
> place. In stackoverflow, wrong answers can be deleted. But mailing
> lists don't have this options. Therefore, the senders should make sure
> the correctness of the answers before sending them out.

I hate to take this further offtopic but would like you to consider
that if people were required to test all suggestions first, many
responses would not be sent in the first place. For example, I did not
test my hook-stop suggestion. I am not sure that people would be
better off in such a world.

Christian

>
> On 1/28/21, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> >> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2021 11:06:55 -0600
> >> From: Peng Yu via Gdb <gdb@sourceware.org>
> >> Cc: gdb@sourceware.org
> >>
> >> Please test your recommendation before sending it out. It is not
> >> appropriate to waste other people's time.
> >
> > Hey, no one here works for you, you know! So please appreciate that
> > people are "wasting their time" on helping you achieve your goals, and
> > be thankful.
> >
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Peng