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Re: Splitting of string at an interval

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On 8 April 2013 14:21, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:

> For a while, I was rabidly(*) into TDD (Test Driven Development).  The
> cycle I was using was, "Write a specification of a behavior, write a
> (failing) test for that behavior, then write the least possible amount
> of code to make the test pass.  Lather, Rinse, Repeat, Ship"
>
> The "least possible" part is important.  It makes sure the cycles stay
> short (ideally, just a few minutes), and that you don't write any code
> for which you don't have tests.

The least amount of code is often also not the best in terms of time
or space complexity.  Does this mean you have to write tests for time
and space complexity as well?  That's interesting, but I don't know of
tools to help do that (time complexity seems easy enough, but space
complexity seems tougher to me).

-- 
Arnaud

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Splitting of string at an interval subhabangalore@gmail.com - 2013-04-07 13:25 -0700
  Re: Splitting of string at an interval Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-04-07 16:46 -0400
  Re: Splitting of string at an interval Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-04-07 21:48 +0000
    Re: Splitting of string at an interval Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-04-08 13:01 +1000
      Re: Splitting of string at an interval Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-04-08 09:21 -0400
        Re: Splitting of string at an interval Arnaud Delobelle <arnodel@gmail.com> - 2013-04-08 16:10 +0100
        Re: Splitting of string at an interval Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-04-08 11:37 -0400
        Re: Splitting of string at an interval Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-04-09 02:20 +1000
        Re: Splitting of string at an interval Arnaud Delobelle <arnodel@gmail.com> - 2013-04-08 17:30 +0100
          Re: Splitting of string at an interval Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-04-08 21:09 -0400
            Re: Splitting of string at an interval Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-04-08 20:42 -0500
            Re: Splitting of string at an interval Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-04-09 02:38 +0000
              Re: Splitting of string at an interval Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2013-04-08 21:57 -0500
              Re: Splitting of string at an interval Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-04-09 14:22 +1000
              Re: Splitting of string at an interval Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-04-09 02:28 -0400
        Re: Splitting of string at an interval Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-04-08 19:15 -0400

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