But I think we do agree ;-) What makes me value tests a bit above documentation (but not so much that I am saying that documentation is not important), are two things:
- tests are machine enforceable/controllable - you can find them exactly using senders or references On 04 Dec 2012, at 12:49, Stéphane Ducasse <[email protected]> wrote: > Comments are ***REEEAALLLLY*** important because they help a guy reading the > code to say yes you are smart and you got it right > I will explain you why. > > Even writing comment in test is cool. > > Stef > >> Well written: >> >> http://kennethreitz.org/open-source-and-constraints.html >> >> I also find that writing documentation (minimal method/class comments or >> longer standalone documents) improves coding, because you take another >> perspective. I wouldn't value it above tests though. >> >> Sven >> >> -- >> Sven Van Caekenberghe >> http://stfx.eu >> Smalltalk is the Red Pill >> >
