[Zope-Coders] Re: July Bug Day Roundup

[Paul Winkler]

On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 10:42:09AM -0400, Tres Seaver wrote:
> Writing more tests for the unit being changed qualifies as a "work of 
> supererogation."  There are occoasionally areas (medusa's guts, for one) 
> which are so gnarly that nobody can figure out how to write tests for 
> that.  If you plan to resolve an issue without adding test, and want to 
> plead "gnarliness" as an excuse, expect to defend the choice. ;)

Supererogation, great word.

Some day I must learn the fine art of picking bugs for bug day that
don't lead me down the path of struggling to get the first no-op testcase 
to *run* in some previously-untested area, before i can get any 
real work done... 
"This little bug looks pretty easy to fix... DOH!" 
:-\

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Paul Winkler
http://www.slinkp.com