> However both is best. I don't think people really read tests to understand code, normally because tests are so contrived and shit they they are a burden to be

> However both is best. I don't think people really read tests to understand code, normally because tests are so contrived and shit they they are a burden to be ignored. I have read tests for this kind of reason, but usually in codebases without static types. I consider static types mostly a form of machine-verifiable and tool-friendly documentation.