From: David Brady <ruby_talk@...>
Date: 2005-08-25T00:53:57+09:00
Subject: Re: The Chainsaw Infanticide Logger Manuever

Guys,

I don't understand.  This is a feature of agile languages, not a 
defect.  Leaving the door open for chainsaw-wielding maniacs also leaves 
the door open for gifted neurosurgeons.

I understand your frustration, and I feel your pain.  But I am left with 
a critical question:

Where were your unit tests?

Admittedly, silence_warnings might not be testable.  You might have to 
code review that to catch it.  But then again, if *your* unit tests all 
pass, then silence_warnings shouldn't affect you--especially if you test 
the failure cases and assert that warnings were returned.  Logger 
integrity, however, should be straightforward.

I don't mean to come across like a heartless jerk or a TDD zealot.  I am 
neither.  I am just looking at your pain and thinking, "why does this 
have to hurt?"

-dB

-- 
David Brady
ruby_talk@shinybit.com
I'm feeling really surreal today... OR AM I?