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minus-squareGreyghoster@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down3·3 months agoThat’s the same as writing tests for software code after writing the code. A mystery without end or reliability.
minus-squaresmpl@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoI have this in code I’m writing right now… #ifdef DEBUG #define DEBUG_PRINT(...) printf(__VA_ARGS__) #else #define DEBUG_PRINT(...) #endif It is the most straighforward way to get the state of things while hammering on the keyboard trying to mash up something that looks like a program.
minus-squarenull@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoThe software either works or it doesn’t. There, tested!
minus-squareGreyghoster@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoTrue, they can be hard to find.
That’s the same as writing tests for software code after writing the code. A mystery without end or reliability.
Tests? What tests?
printf
I have this in code I’m writing right now…
It is the most straighforward way to get the state of things while hammering on the keyboard trying to mash up something that looks like a program.
The software either works or it doesn’t. There, tested!
True, they can be hard to find.