Re: ada writing guide

[Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com>]

Robert Dewar wrote:

> Ted, I think you missed my point :-) I will say again, that
> this kind of mistake is COMPLETELY IMPOSSIBLE for my working
> environment. Why, because every time I check something in, I
> carefully verify that the changes I am making are exactly as
> I expect them to be. I find any system which does not involve

Ahh, you're right, I didn't catch that part before. So you are saying
you always do a diff and visually inspect the report prior to doing a
checkin? That would indeed catch the problem. It wouldn't *prevent* the
problem, but it would catch it before you hose the baseline. The removal
of an item would stick out like a sore thumb on a diff. Personally, I'd
prefer to see the problem prevented than caught though. Remember that my
complaint was that it can happen in the first place, not that its
impossible to catch.

> such careful double checks to be seriously flawed. I also
> carefully watch version numbers and double check BEFORE the
> checkin that the version number is what I expect.

Again, version number cheking wouldn't help in this situation (assuming
cvs). CVS would think your version number is as it should be. Or are you
talking about embedding version a CVS version code in the exception
file? I guess you could do that, if it isn't the first thing on a line.


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