Re:Why a mock doesn’t work
by coldtea on Sunday August 04, 2019 @02:17PM
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>My own Python scripts are typically single-screen in length. And one-off stuff, where they either work or don't, basically. (...) Is this stuff really what developers of large-scale Python programs have to take into account?
Not the only way to go about it, but yes, the underlying concerns are absolutely stuff that developers of large-scale Python programs have to take into account.
At "single screen" length you can do anything you want. Really, anything goes -- and you could ever just stare at the code a lot to find all or almost all bugs.
At 1000s of lines or more (can get into 100s or 1M lines), and especially on growing and worked on code (that gets new features, refactors, etc) you need to follow other practices to ensure it all works.
Not the only way to go about it, but yes, the underlying concerns are absolutely stuff that developers of large-scale Python programs have to take into account.
At "single screen" length you can do anything you want. Really, anything goes -- and you could ever just stare at the code a lot to find all or almost all bugs.
At 1000s of lines or more (can get into 100s or 1M lines), and especially on growing and worked on code (that gets new features, refactors, etc) you need to follow other practices to ensure it all works.