Re: Ambiguous Refactoring Solution

On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 6:49 PM, Richard <[email protected]> wrote:
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> In article <[email protected]>,
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> Olof Bjarnason <[email protected]> writes:
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> > That statement, "Or, holy shit batman!, you could test it manually.",
> > makes me wonder how much unit testing you have done..
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> Lots.
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> However, its important to remember that somehow people managed to ship
> functioning correct code before unit tests.
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> I prefer unit tests and other automated tests, because it is more
> labor efficient. NOT because it is The One and True Only Way.

There are positions between saying something is preferred and
something is "The One and True Only Way".

When we say we recommend doing A or recommend not doing B, we are not
saying that  A is the only way or that B cannot possibly lead to
success.  However, we are making a much stronger statement that just
saying we prefer doing A.

It is recommend that people wear seatbelts in moving vehicles, but
that does not mean anybody believes people who choose not to cannot
survive, and it also does not mean wearing seatbelts is merely a
preference.

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