Correct code/unit testing (was Re: Efficient python programmi ng...)

[Delaney, Timothy]

> From: Peter Hansen [mailto:peter at engcorp.com]
> 
> Kragen Sitaker wrote:
> > 
> > Peter Hansen <peter at engcorp.com> writes:
> > > Have you never spent a large amount of time carefully
> > > designing and coding a wonder little program, and checked it over
> > > very carefully, even with a peer, and later found a bug in it?
> > 
> > Of course!  People are fallible, it's much easier to do a bad code
> > review than a good one.
> 
> I have to confess I have never seen a successful code review, nor
> an environment in which they were used regularly and which had a
> high level of code quality.  Clearly as a result I'm fairly biased
> against them -- I should keep a more open mind on the issue perhaps.

I presume you mean a full, formal review by a group for a large piece of
code?

I'm certain that with your experience with XP, you have seen and taken part
in *many* successful reviews (where success means the code is improved as a
result).

Tim Delaney