{ANNOUNCE} Games::Quake::Log

Tony Bowden tony at kasei.com
Fri Dec 28 05:46:04 CST 2001


On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 11:38:29AM +0000, Stray Toaster wrote:
> > 1) It has no tests
> > 2) It has no tests [0]
> Ah yes, I know. That is as I didn't get round to constructing a log
> file/s that had every eventuality covered.

Aha. A common misconception.

"I can't write tests as I can't test every eventuality".

Sorry. That's just intellectually corrupt.

Much better is:

"I can test some of the most common things, to make sure they work."

Then later.

"Ooh. My tests caught a nasty bug. I'm glad I had those. Perhaps I
should add a few more for those dusty corners".

Tony




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