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Re:Most Unit Testing Is Waste (2014) [pdf] by exception_e on Saturday October 08, 2016 @01:53PM (#12667860)
He/she probably used a tool to capture the coverage %.
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Re:Most Unit Testing Is Waste (2014) [pdf] by throwaway745234 on Saturday October 08, 2016 @02:03PM (#12667915)
That only rephrases the question to what definition the tool used.
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Re:Most Unit Testing Is Waste (2014) [pdf] by _RPM on Saturday October 08, 2016 @02:05PM (#12667919)
This comment reminds me of a typical response from a politician to a pressing question.
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Re:Most Unit Testing Is Waste (2014) [pdf] by exception_e on Sunday October 09, 2016 @10:02AM (#12671207)
Sorry for the very literal answer. I honestly thought you were interested in how the coverage was calculated.

As an aside, I've worked on projects where coverage wasn't used and the rule was to "test the important bits" and I've also been on projects where coverage had to be >= ~98%. I wonder if a middle-ground approach would be effective.

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