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I think from the pyre, this must be salvaged as the actual point I
was going for:<br>
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On 6/4/12 6:52 AM, Michael Turner wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I'm now
doing unit testing on a module as I develop it further, based on
collecting and filtering seq_trace results</pre>
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Is this a common approach, who else does this and how? <br>
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Using self-written stuff based on seq_trace, or et_collector?<br>
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<pre wrap="">I should make a decision: do I keep building ever more sophisticated
match filtering on top of seq_trace, undoubtedly reinventing wheel
after wheel, or do I bite the bullet and plunge into what Jayson
Vantuyl describes as "hell"?
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One Open Source loving word regarding the 'hell' quote: <br>
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<pre wrap="">I'm hardly the only one who should be embarrassed:
"Erlang tracing is a seething pile of pain that involves reasonably
complex knowledge of clever ports, tracing return formats, and
specialized tracing MatchSpecs (which are really their own special
kind of hell). The tracing mechanism is very powerful indeed, but it
can be hard to grasp."
Obviously, that kind of statement has no place in the official
documentation of a professional product.
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Honest statements like the one you are citing may be the actual
luxury and strong value of Open Source efforts, which are not
directly a commercial product. Possible only because they /are/ not
a product. For one user, fresh air like this only creates trust and
allows to (even very precisely) set expectations and alertness to
shortfalls in both documentation and package.<br>
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That is not to paint the situation rosy, it would be lovely if it
was better. But I appreciate the honesty, very much.<br>
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Best,<br>
Henning<br>
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