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  • C Chris Maunder

    I made several thousand code changes over a couple of hundred files and I wholeheartedly believed all my unit tests would just work. I hate it when my serene view of reality doesn't align with what the rest of the world considers reasonable.

    cheers Chris Maunder

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    Sander Rossel
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    Chris Maunder wrote:

    what the rest of the world considers reasonable

    The rest of the world isn't always right. A lot of great inventors were called arrogant, delusional, and even mad, yet they invented airplanes, discovered America, discovered that the earth was round and that the sun was the center of the galaxy... You, however, might just need another coffee to clear your head ;p

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    • C Chris Maunder

      I made several thousand code changes over a couple of hundred files and I wholeheartedly believed all my unit tests would just work. I hate it when my serene view of reality doesn't align with what the rest of the world considers reasonable.

      cheers Chris Maunder

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      kmoorevs
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      Maybe just feeling lucky! :laugh: It's a nice challenge isn't it? It's either a fist pump or a quick swearing fit followed by bug hunting, usually followed by more swearing fits and disbelief that I could have made such stupid mistakes/overlooked the obvious. I'll settle for lots of little victories! :laugh:

      "Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse

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      • C Chris Maunder

        I made several thousand code changes over a couple of hundred files and I wholeheartedly believed all my unit tests would just work. I hate it when my serene view of reality doesn't align with what the rest of the world considers reasonable.

        cheers Chris Maunder

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        GuyThiebaut
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        Unit tests - pffff ;P The only unit tests I have are the end users droids units who test my code.

        “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

        ― Christopher Hitchens

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        • C Chris Maunder

          I made several thousand code changes over a couple of hundred files and I wholeheartedly believed all my unit tests would just work. I hate it when my serene view of reality doesn't align with what the rest of the world considers reasonable.

          cheers Chris Maunder

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          The solution to all of your problems![^] :doh:

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          • C Chris Maunder

            I made several thousand code changes over a couple of hundred files and I wholeheartedly believed all my unit tests would just work. I hate it when my serene view of reality doesn't align with what the rest of the world considers reasonable.

            cheers Chris Maunder

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            Kirill Illenseer
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            Hey, I weekly change stuff according to my client's wishes, every time believing that when I fulfil said wishes, I can finally draw a line under the particular work package, only to find my client to have more wishes.

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            • W W Balboos GHB

              Chris Maunder wrote:

              I wholeheartedly believed all my unit tests would just work.

              You forgot to take into consideration that they were French unit tests - and as usual, they were on strike.

              Ravings en masse^

              "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

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              Rage
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              We French unit tests merely rose a (white) flag here.

              Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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              • C Chris Maunder

                I made several thousand code changes over a couple of hundred files and I wholeheartedly believed all my unit tests would just work. I hate it when my serene view of reality doesn't align with what the rest of the world considers reasonable.

                cheers Chris Maunder

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                agolddog
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                On the plus side, that's what unit tests are for, right?

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                • C Chris Maunder

                  I made several thousand code changes over a couple of hundred files and I wholeheartedly believed all my unit tests would just work. I hate it when my serene view of reality doesn't align with what the rest of the world considers reasonable.

                  cheers Chris Maunder

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                  Kirk 10389821
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                  I would suggest: Misplaced Optimism... Has this EVER Worked this way? Consistently? While the wife is trying to make sure you get home in time for those Dinner Plans? (LOL, that ALWAYS breaks a build!)

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                  • C Chris Maunder

                    I made several thousand code changes over a couple of hundred files and I wholeheartedly believed all my unit tests would just work. I hate it when my serene view of reality doesn't align with what the rest of the world considers reasonable.

                    cheers Chris Maunder

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                    Bruce Patin
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                    "tests"?

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                    • C Chris Maunder

                      I made several thousand code changes over a couple of hundred files and I wholeheartedly believed all my unit tests would just work. I hate it when my serene view of reality doesn't align with what the rest of the world considers reasonable.

                      cheers Chris Maunder

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                      Daniel R Przybylski
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                      Delusional would be making all of those changes and then when someone asked you how the unit tests went, you say, "What's a unittest?" or "Unittesting is a waste of time."

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                      • CPalliniC CPallini

                        Apparently your files have too many lines of code.

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                        Chris Maunder
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                        There's nothing "apparent" about it. You know how these things go: you start off well, and then generations of changes with lots of "I'll clean that up later" mean things get a little messy. sigh.

                        cheers Chris Maunder

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                        • M Marc Clifton

                          Chris Maunder wrote:

                          when my serene view of reality doesn't align with what the rest of the world considers reasonable.

                          That's my normal state. However, I've come to realize that what the rest of the world considers reasonable is actually quite unreasonable.

                          Chris Maunder wrote:

                          all my unit tests would just work

                          But that's what unit tests are for -to destroy your serene view of reality. You should be celebrating!

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                          Chris Maunder
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                          I discovered if I comment the tests out my blood pressure reduces back to normal quite nicely.

                          cheers Chris Maunder

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                          • C Chris Maunder

                            There's nothing "apparent" about it. You know how these things go: you start off well, and then generations of changes with lots of "I'll clean that up later" mean things get a little messy. sigh.

                            cheers Chris Maunder

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                            CPallini
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                            Yes, I do know. Now, it's time to clean up, apparently. :-D

                            In testa che avete, signor di Ceprano?

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