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Re: On white-box tests
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Mike Gran |
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Re: On white-box tests |
Date: |
Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:14:12 -0700 |
On Wed, 2009-08-19 at 10:38 +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Just a note that I've been meaning to send for some time.
>
> "Michael Gran" <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guile.git/commit/?id=9b0c25f6d18d5be318ea3a47fd87cf7e63b689e1
>
> [...]
>
> I'm not fully convinced by some of these "string internals" tests,
> though. These are "white box tests". I believe these tests are mostly
> useful when written by someone different than the one who implemented
> the code under test, both of whom following a given specification. When
> someone writes both the code and the white box tests, I'm afraid they
> end up writing the same code twice, just differently. For example:
I know what your saying. I was just a kid with a new toy.
In my line of work, where 100% code coverage of test suites is a common
requirement, we end up writing many such overly obvious tests. They are
often the only way to hit some internal branches. They are often
pointless.
> What do you think?
Keep it or dump it. It's all good.
>
> Thanks,
> Ludo'.
Thanks,
Mike