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- Could you elaborate on how off-by-one errors disappear? Are you saying that you can more quickly get your answer on whether an array's index is zero-based or one-based via testing than searching through documentation? Seems unlikely to me - I'm pretty fast on Google :)Ken Pespisa– Ken Pespisa2011-04-08 16:41:53 +00:00Commented Apr 8, 2011 at 16:41
- 1Actually, writing TDD's an excellent way to explore an API (including a legacy codebase, for the purposes of documenting functionality).Frank Shearar– Frank Shearar2011-04-08 17:00:24 +00:00Commented Apr 8, 2011 at 17:00
- It's also very useful if that API ever changes... You suddenly have some failing tests :-)bitsoflogic– bitsoflogic2011-04-08 19:05:22 +00:00Commented Apr 8, 2011 at 19:05
- @Ken Pespisa, It's definitely quicker - write the code based on whether you think it's 0 or 1, run it, fix it if needed. Most of the time, you'll be right and you'd have skipped having to look it up, if you are wrong, you know within 10 seconds.Paul Butcher– Paul Butcher2011-04-09 15:55:07 +00:00Commented Apr 9, 2011 at 15:55
- Very interesting benefit. I kind of like that.Ken Pespisa– Ken Pespisa2011-04-09 23:53:47 +00:00Commented Apr 9, 2011 at 23:53
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