[Zope-dev] New function for error log

Jens Vagelpohl jens at dataflake.org
Sun Aug 29 09:30:32 EDT 2004


>> That's an interesting question. What is the unit test policy if I
>> change/improve a part of the Zope code that has no unit tests at all.
>> Would I be expected to create unit tests for the whole thing all of a
>> sudden?
>
> In another post Tres' likened doing so to "supererogation"
> (http://www.iep.utm.edu/s/superero.htm) which I think means to imply
> that doing so will get you points in programmer heaven (well, depending
> on your programmer dogma I suppose) but isn't strictly required.
>
> I try to create at least *one* unit test for something that isn't 
> tested
> at all if I add a feature to it, testing my feature. ;-)  At least then
> it gives people somewhere else to start.

OK, I "supererogated" and checked in a few unit tests ;)

jens



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