Re: [tlug] Policy on debug codes

[Curt Sampson <cjs@example.com>]

On Wed, 26 Sep 2007, Simon Cozens wrote:

> Curt Sampson wrote:
> > Well, that in part depends on whether you're likely to have to debug
> > installations that are out in the field.
>
> You are; life is hard.

Uh, maybe *you* are, but I find it's pretty rare. Automated testing is a
wonderful thing.

> > But generally, I delete the debug code completely, becuase it's only
> > there to get me to the point where I have an automated test passing, and
> > if it ever breaks again, the test is designed to tell me what's wrong.
>
> That's not deleting your debug code, that's moving it to another file. :)

I suppose you could put it that way, though I suspect that the original
poster, when talking about "debug code," was not refering to an
automated test framework.

cjs
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