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Reliable software should definitely check returns codes, but maybe returns success. Inspecting the filesystem to verify the result is overdoing it, and race-y b
by millstone 11y ago
Reliable software should definitely check returns codes, but maybe returns success. Inspecting the filesystem to verify the result is overdoing it, and race-y besides.
- emmelaich 11y agoIt's one of those things that change in tone when expressed in the second or third person. When I do tests, they are the unmistakable sign of good careful programming. When you do tests it's an expression of lack of confidence. Whey they do tests it's a sure sign that really don't know what the hell they're doing. :-) in case it's needed
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