Some bugs are 10 times as serious as others
Some bugs are 10 times as serious as others
Posted Nov 1, 2023 9:45 UTC (Wed) by sdalley (subscriber, #18550)Parent article: Rust code review and netdev
I winced when I read
> Lunn replied that humans ultimately decide whether to merge the code,
> but that API problems are just bugs like any other—they can be fixed later
> if any are found.
> Lunn replied that humans ultimately decide whether to merge the code,
> but that API problems are just bugs like any other—they can be fixed later
> if any are found.
A well-known software engineering rule-of-thumb is that for every stage in which bugs are not found and fixed, their cost goes up by a factor of <significant-number>. Interface APIs can and do affect the whole conceptual structure of the code that uses them. It really does pay to get them right first time.
Posted Nov 1, 2023 9:53 UTC (Wed)
by Wol (subscriber, #4433)
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Cheers,
Some bugs are 10 times as serious as others
+100
Wol