madrobby / semicolon.js

A more secure. stable and reliable version of vapor.js
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Silently failing. #16

Open elbowdonkey opened 12 years ago

elbowdonkey commented 12 years ago

While eating dinner with my family, I deployed the following code:

;

Though I doubt it's relevant, my deploy script goes something like this (keep in mind that this is pseudo code - actual commands are audible and a bit tricky to replicate using plain text):

"semi colon"

While the code was deployed properly (I verified this by examining the faces of my wife and two children), it's evident that the deployed code had no effect whatsoever. All attempts at verifying whether it was working or not seemed to fail silently*. My expectation was that, instead of blank stares, I'd see at least smiles of understanding or faces muddled with utter confusion. I saw neither.

*To be fair, the dog responded, though in this case it's more likely to be a false positive since it was fried chicken night. The dog is extra responsive to all new audible deploys on fried chicken night.