English Dictionary

confessional debugging

名詞

くだけた表現 稀用 不可算名詞

(informal, rare) The debugging technique wherein a programmer explains a problem to someone else, and in the process realizes the source of it.

日本語の意味

プログラマーが他者に問題点を説明する過程で、自らの中に潜む原因やエラーの本質に気づくという、非公式で稀に用いられるデバッグ技法。

When she couldn't find the bug, she tried confessional debugging and immediately spotted the typo.

バグが見つからなかったとき、彼女は誰かに問題を説明するというデバッグ手法を試したところ、すぐにタイプミスに気づいた。

意味（1）

(informal, rare) The debugging technique wherein a programmer explains a problem to someone else, and in the process realizes the source of it.

Talk to someone else about the problem. Some people call this “confessional debugging.” You often discover your own error in the act of explaining it to another person.