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Maybe that will be my new way to measure the effectiveness of my test suite. "Imagine the NSA snuck a one line 'fix' into your software overnight. Do your tes
by IvyMike 13y ago
Maybe that will be my new way to measure the effectiveness of my test suite.
"Imagine the NSA snuck a one line 'fix' into your software overnight. Do your tests quickly and accurately detect the problem and point to the code that is broken? If not, your unit tests are broken."
- ghayes 13y agoIf, per se, the NSA has your codebase, surely they would be able to find something you haven't tested. Your test cases should be extensive, but it's impossible to make them exhaustive.
- mpyne 13y agoAnd even if you do, now you have a large and probably-buggy test base.
- hughes 13y agoBut what if they "fixed" your unit tests? Gotta test the tests!