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,LOTS_OF_MONEY 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 04:39:07 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!sjc-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!iad-read.news.verio.net.POSTED!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: short-circuit control forms Message-ID: References: <3B30F836.D700DAA3@raytheon.com> Organization: LJK Software Date: 21 Jun 2001 07:39:02 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.44.122.34 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verio.net X-Trace: iad-read.news.verio.net 993123544 216.44.122.34 (Thu, 21 Jun 2001 11:39:04 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 11:39:04 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8964 Date: 2001-06-21T07:39:02-05:00 List-Id: In article , "Mark Lundquist" writes: > - Blindly replacing like this *is* error-prone, because you have to make > sure you're not losing side-effects that change the behavior of the program. > If there is cost to verifying this, then that's part of the cost of making > the change. > > - If the programmer is checking in the change as part of another change, it > leaves the impression that it was necessary for whatever development > activity the new version is required for. Again, confusing. If there is any such confusion, the checkin should be rejected by the reviewer as being insufficiently commented.