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You should make sure that you understand a bug fully (grok ([JARGON]) it), before you attempt to fix it. Ask yourself the following questions:
Have I really found the cause of the problem I observed, or is this a mere symptom?
Have I made similar mistakes (especially wrong assumptions) elsewhere in the code?
Is this cause just a programming error, or is there a more fundamental problem (e.g. the algorithm is incorrect)?