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 A bug that disappears or changes behaviour when you are trying to track it down. 
  
 "What do yo mean, I shouldn't initialize variables in an assert(3)?" 
  
-An example cause of this is the act of debugging changes the program's execution (for example, uninitialised memory patterns or a RaceCondition) in such a way that the bug is not triggered. 
+An example of this is when the act of debugging changes the program's execution (for example, uninitialised memory patterns or a RaceCondition) in such a way that the bug is not triggered. 
  
 See also: 
 * __BUGS__ in assert(3) 
 * JargonFile:heisenbug