Am I the only one who spent 6 hours tracking down a missing semicolon?

I was debugging a simple Python script for hours and it turned out I forgot a semicolon on line 47, but the error message pointed me to line 50. Would you rather have cryptic error messages that make you hunt or ones that hand you the fix right away?

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troy_adams1mo ago

I used to want errors that hand you the answer, but tracking down that semicolon taught me more than any quick fix ever could.

jennifer_west521mo ago

Is it just me or is that how most of life works too? I spent an hour yesterday tracking down why my garage door wouldn't close, turns out a little leaf was blocking the sensor. That was way more annoying than a simple fix, but I actually know how the sensors work now. @troy_adams I feel like the hard way sticks with you longer, even if it sucks at the time.