Re: [coders] Re: Mutant testing

2006-06-19 Thread Martin Pool
On 20 Jun 2006, Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe the MT tools are clever enough to tell you which tests are most > worthwhile -- but I doubt it. The mutations I've heard about (though > probably not all of the ones that are used) are fairly simplistic and don't > seem to be the s

[coders] Re: Mutant testing

2006-06-19 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 10:26:08PM +1000, Adelle Hartley wrote: > > Does anyone here have any expereince with mutation testing, > > (http://benno.id.au/blog/2006/06/18/mutants), or have any > > opinions on it? > > Intriguing, but I have doubts about it being a sensible path. > > Surely, for any