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54: Sidetrip

When you test programs, you encounter bugs; when you encounter a Smalltalk bug, you see a walkback window. Suppose, for example, that you forget to use printString to covert a number into a string before printing:

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Smalltalk responds by popping up a walkback window:

You learn about walkback windows and many other debugging aids in Chapter••missing reference••.