Re:DRY is an over-rated programming principle?
by eloff on Thursday July 07, 2022 @07:02AM
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Exactly this. I fixed a problem like this a week ago. I found some duplicated code, factored it out into one place by introducing an abstract base class (Python) and in the process discovered one of the duplicated methods had a logic error leading to returning a slightly smaller integer result.
The code had test coverage, but the test confirmed that it produced the wrong result. I had to fix the test too.
The code had test coverage, but the test confirmed that it produced the wrong result. I had to fix the test too.