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Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 23:01:01 -0400
From: D'Arcy Cain <darcy@druid.net>
To: Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com>
Subject: Re: avoid the redefinition of a function
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On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:45:52 -0500
Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> wrote:
> On 09/12/12 16:47, D'Arcy Cain wrote:
> > And run all of your tests every day.  You will sleep better at night.
> 
> Though I usually try to do test-driven development, I confess a
> fondness for Titus Brown's "Stupidity driven testing"[1] :-)

The two are not mutually exclusive.  One of the benefits of proper unit
testing is that while you might make mistakes, they should always be
new ones.

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