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| Date | 2015-05-06 10:07 +1000 |
| Subject | Re: Is it normal to cry when given XML? |
| From | Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.153.1430870847.12865.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 9:35 AM, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > When the two young lads from the consultants I was working with back in 2000 > found a bug with xml handling in the supplier's software I almost ended up > in tears. Why? They didn't bother reporting it, they simply modified all > their unit testing data to work around the problem, so when we got to > integration testing nothing worked at all. See, that's not a problem with XML. That's not even a problem with unit testing. That's a problem with the belief that the most important thing is to have your tests pass. Sigh. ChrisA
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Re: Is it normal to cry when given XML? Sayth Renshaw <flebber.crue@gmail.com> - 2015-05-05 05:03 -0700
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Re: Is it normal to cry when given XML? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-05-05 16:58 +0000
Re: Is it normal to cry when given XML? Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-05-05 21:03 -0400
Re: Is it normal to cry when given XML? Emile van Sebille <emile@fenx.com> - 2015-05-05 16:04 -0700
Re: Is it normal to cry when given XML? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-05-06 00:35 +0100
Re: Is it normal to cry when given XML? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-05-06 10:07 +1000
Re: Is it normal to cry when given XML? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-05-05 17:19 -0700
Re: Is it normal to cry when given XML? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-05-06 10:29 +1000
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