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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] more on the merge-fest
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Andrew Suffield |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] more on the merge-fest |
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Wed, 26 Nov 2003 11:21:46 +0000 |
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On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 07:47:30PM -0800, Samuel A. Falvo II wrote:
> On Tuesday 25 November 2003 07:37 pm, Andrew Suffield wrote:
> > Uhh, no. It's got absolutely nothing to do with the granularity of the
> > tests. It's entirely to do with the proximity of the cause and effect.
> >
> > If cause and effect are separated by 500 lines of code, then no amount
> > of testing in 20-line chunks is going to demonstrate the problem.
>
> Uhh, yes. Because those intervening 500 lines of code must, themselves,
> also be unit-tested.
So, now you know that somewhere in that 500 line chunk lies a bug. Are
you seriously suggesting that you can often spot it by inspection?
> > Tests just find problems. They don't (and can't) indicate their
> > cause. At best you can hope to spot it by inspection, which only
> > happens when a) the cause is nearby, and b) you're lucky.
>
> The experiences of thousands of other programmers elect to disagree with
> you, myself included.
I can say the exact same thing, only all of mine are holding
gerbils. Nyah! Beat that!
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- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] more on the merge-fest, (continued)
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] more on the merge-fest, Florian Weimer, 2003/11/25
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] more on the merge-fest, Samuel A. Falvo II, 2003/11/25
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] more on the merge-fest, Andrew Suffield, 2003/11/25
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] more on the merge-fest, Charles Duffy, 2003/11/25
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] more on the merge-fest, Samuel A. Falvo II, 2003/11/25
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] more on the merge-fest, Andrew Suffield, 2003/11/25
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] more on the merge-fest, Samuel A. Falvo II, 2003/11/25
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] more on the merge-fest,
Andrew Suffield <=
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] more on the merge-fest, Thomas Zander, 2003/11/26
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] more on the merge-fest, Andrew Suffield, 2003/11/26
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] more on the merge-fest, Charles Duffy, 2003/11/26
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] more on the merge-fest, Samuel A. Falvo II, 2003/11/26
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] more on the merge-fest, Andrew Suffield, 2003/11/26
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] more on the merge-fest, Samuel A. Falvo II, 2003/11/26
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] more on the merge-fest, Robert Collins, 2003/11/25
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] more on the merge-fest, Tom Lord, 2003/11/25
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] more on the merge-fest, Colin Walters, 2003/11/25