From: Julian Leviston <julian@...>
Date: 2005-08-25T08:27:07+09:00
Subject: Re: The Chainsaw Infanticide Logger Manuever

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But therefore the converse is also true - it allows you to open  
untrustworthy code and bash it into trustworthiness :)

Julian.

On 25/08/2005, at 4:54 AM, David Brady wrote:

>
>
>> I don't understand why I'm supposed to test a standard library  
>> I'm  using.  Usually I read the documentation and expect it to  
>> work that  way, but maybe I'm crazy.
>>
>
> Me either.  I thought Logger was your own code.  I agree that you  
> shouldn't have to unit test a library that you trust.
>
> If it's just Logger that's crap, then you can shrug and decide not  
> to trust the library and respond accordingly.  But you're right,  
> that Ruby allows other programmers to open a library you trust and  
> bash it into untrustworthiness.  That's a real problem that should  
> be considered.
>


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