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Re:The Pragmatics of TDD by stcredzero on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @01:05PM (#5332659)
> Most regression tests are brittle because they never change and get hardened.

Regression tests should get refactored at the same time by the same tool that refactors the rest. Code changes should be handled the same way.

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Re:The Pragmatics of TDD by markhelo on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @02:53PM (#5333375)
Agreed. I was only saying that mosts tests are written to codify what is expected not that they should not be changed with changing code.
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