Re:Is there any code in Firefox (as of 2020) that comes from...
by rovr138 on Saturday March 28, 2020 @12:17AM
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> How do you know anyone has ever read that code? Surely they read the lines they changed - that's where the problems were
Of course. To fix an issue on a line, you need to know the context it’s used on and what happens with the line before and after. You also know what calls it or under what context.
> did they necessarily read the lines they left alone?
We can’t say for all of them, but they must have read lines that directly interact with it.
Of course. To fix an issue on a line, you need to know the context it’s used on and what happens with the line before and after. You also know what calls it or under what context.
> did they necessarily read the lines they left alone?
We can’t say for all of them, but they must have read lines that directly interact with it.