On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 11:07 AM, dan nessett<dnessett(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
On the other hand, if there were regression tests for
the main code and for the most important extensions, I could make the change, run the
regression tests and see if any break. If some do, I could focus my attention on those
problems. I would not have to find every place the global is referenced and see if the
change adversely affects the logic.
We are all aware of the benefits of regression tests.