> I am of the opinion that all warnings in a program (java, for example) > should be tracked down and eliminated, even if the "fix" is just to > disable the warning on the one method/line that is complaining (because > it is "right"), but every one of them should be examined. For ever 100 > warnings I get rid of (in a large java program, say) I might find one > bug waiting to happen, and that one bug is worth fixing.
I agree completely here and it is an ethos that has been drilled into me for years and years. After I left University, my first job entailed working on a massive Delphi application consisting of a client, server and a planning engine all on top of an Oracle database. Customers would complain about the instability of the client software and when I first compiled it, I knew why... over 4000 hints and 2000 warnings! Needless to say, I raised this and was given permission to investigate and reduce the number of hints and warnings. It took a couple of months to do but every time I committed changes, there was a marked improvement in stability. In the end, the compiler was reporting around 100 hints and no warnings... There were no complaints of instability after we achieved that. On a CF front, to check my CFCs for vars that aren't declared, I use varscoper. http://www.schierberl.com/cfblog/index.cfm/2007/10/7/varScoper-11--now-with- cfscript-parsing In fact, in writing this e-mail, I've just realised that 3 days ago, it was updated so it should be even better than before... Downloading it now :-) The other thing I tend to do is make use of cfcompile on a command prompt to detect any coding errors that may be lying in wait for me. Used In combination with varscoper, it makes for very reliable CFC coding. Paul ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:290743 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
