From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,db5c6b2ef47d4b9e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-21 11:28:15 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cambridge1-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B323CBD.D0359A2D@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> From: Wes Groleau X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en,es,fr,pt MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: short-circuit control forms References: <3B30F836.D700DAA3@raytheon.com> <3B312260.728686B5@boeing.com> <3B3143A2.89CC2841@easystreet.com> <3B320D90.DD4BB9B2@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <3B3216D9.113A612B@easystreet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 13:28:13 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.168.144.162 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com 993148095 151.168.144.162 (Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:28:15 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:28:15 EDT Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8995 Date: 2001-06-21T13:28:13-05:00 List-Id: > > If you are programming unconsciously, you are not > > doing software engineering. :-) Just teasing--note the smiley. On the other hand.... > Wouldn't the best approach be to use 'and' most in testing, so that > as many exceptions as possible are detected in testing, but use > 'and then' most in the delivered code, so that as few exceptions > as possible are detected by the customer? No. If an exception is found in testing, handle it or fix it. Don't obfuscate the code just to hide exceptions you didn't find yet. -- Wes Groleau http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau