Code Snippet Errors

Users identify, debate, and analyze subtle bugs, typos, syntax errors, and logic issues in a specific short code snippet from the main post, discussing detection methods like linting or LLMs.

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w1ntermute • May 8, 2013 • View on HN

Maybe there were some typos in the code too that caused this snafu.

ClumsyPilot • Mar 11, 2021 • View on HN

People who code still make mistakes. There's got to be an override of some sort

mananaysiempre • Dec 14, 2025 • View on HN

(I think this is my personal record wrt the relative number of errors in a short code snippet. You get the idea, and I’m frankly afraid to try and post a fixed version at this point :) )

amelius • Mar 7, 2022 • View on HN

Wouldn't Lint have caught the error too?

shadowgovt • Oct 20, 2020 • View on HN

Why do you assume it isn't a programming error?

Copenjin • Nov 17, 2025 • View on HN

If the code/text is wrong since that too is AI slop, why is this not flagged yet? We were better at this once.

olliej • Nov 21, 2016 • View on HN

It's a person misreading syntax :-/

jMyles • Feb 23, 2015 • View on HN

I think you're suggesting that there's an error in the snippet you've quoted? I don't immediately see it. Can you point it out?

bartread • Jun 30, 2025 • View on HN

This is the kind of situation where feeding your code through an LLM can actually be helpful: they're really good at spotting the kind of errors/typos like this that have a profound impact but which our eyes tend to all to easily scan over/past.

baby • Aug 7, 2020 • View on HN

Woops. Sounds like an big mistake. Fuzzing or even protest would have caught that.