Re: Too many warnings building Emacs with GCC 6 on MSYS2-MinGW64

[Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>]

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  > > Really I already did this with this simple test case:

  > I couldn't know you did that already, could I?

It would have been better to say,

  That was good.  Too bad it didn't resolve the problem
  as we hoped it would.

I think you interpreted "Really I already did this with this simple
test case" as a rebuke to you: "Don't criticize me for not trying that
test case!  I DID try it!"

So you defended yourself by saying that you couldn't possibly
have known he had tried it.

That defense is valid -- but instead of defending yourself, it is much
better to praise/thank him for doing the right thing.

It will also defend you, because people will see you did not know he
had not tried that test.  Indeed, it will defend you _better_ than
what you actually said, because people will admire you for that
positivity and constructiveness.

I have had to learn to do this, over the years, and I have not learned
100%.  I still don't always manage to do it.  But I often do, and that
helps me get better outcomes.  You can learn too.

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Dr Richard Stallman
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