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If nothing else works: Generic Mutation

A common (not to say irrational) technique is to just make arbitrary changes to the code until something different happens. You may have this voice in your head telling why a change will make a difference. Sometimes, just commenting lines out can get over an impasse. This is specially usefull to gain a better understanding of what exactly the code does. Obviously, this is the last resort.

Thiago A Correa 2001-06-09