Comments on: Ooh, that’s clever. http://hittingthebuffers.wordpress.com/2006/06/19/ooh-thats-clever/ Just another Wordpress.com weblog Fri, 12 Dec 2008 06:56:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: macnewbie http://hittingthebuffers.wordpress.com/2006/06/19/ooh-thats-clever/#comment-3 macnewbie Tue, 20 Jun 2006 14:06:08 +0000 https://hittingthebuffers.wordpress.com/2006/06/19/ooh-thats-clever/#comment-3 This error message I was getting while debugging today has a similar feel to it: RuntimeError: Called id for nil, which would mistakenly be 4 -- if you really wanted the id of nil, use object_id Sensible advice in error messages, whatever next! This error message I was getting while debugging today has a similar feel to it:

RuntimeError: Called id for nil, which would mistakenly be 4 — if you really wanted the id of nil, use object_id

Sensible advice in error messages, whatever next!

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