spent all night chasing a ca 2e program that basically finished with a smile while doing absolutely nothing. it is the worst kind of bug bc the compiler was totally fine and there were no error messages in the logs at all. usually, a compile error is
the easy part since you can actually see where the logic breaks. this time, the program returned clean but
it just skipped the entire write process . i realized that testing it by calling the program directly was totally useless. when you run it in the actual production flow, the environment behaves completely differently than a standalone test.
the debugging strugglei had to dig thru the logic to see why it worked in isolation but failed during the real process. it turns out some of the upstream data was missing, causing the generated code to just bypass the critical steps. displaying the work files didn't show any errors because the program thought its job was done successfully. has anyone else dealt with ca 2e acting like this when integrated into a larger workflow? it is much more frustrating than dealing with
obvious blatant syntax mistakes
full read:
https://dev.to/jay_krshn_1a9ac493fadf8/diagnosing-a-ca-2e-generated-program-that-returns-clean-throws-nothing-and-still-doesnt-do-the-3mfa