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Re:Write tests. Not too many. Mostly integration by pwim on Friday October 27, 2017 @07:05AM (#15567256)
The author of the post agrees with you that library code is different:

> I should mention that almost all of my open source projects have 100% code coverage. This is because most of my open source projects are smaller libraries and tools that are reusable in many different situations (a breakage could lead to a serious problem in a lot of consuming projects) and they’re relatively easy to get 100% code coverage on anyway.

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Re:Write tests. Not too many. Mostly integration by titzer on Friday October 27, 2017 @07:08AM (#15567270)
The thing is, everything that survives becomes a library, as someone will always find a way to try to reuse it.
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Re:Write tests. Not too many. Mostly integration by AlexCoventry on Friday October 27, 2017 @08:47AM (#15567759)
Let them write the comprehensive test suite, then. Your reasoning is a classic context for YAGNI.
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