Neeum Zawan wrote:
> On 06/03/10 11:47, Darren New wrote:
>>> On top of that, any kind of testing is going to be easier if a
>>> function's output depends only on its current inputs...
>> Yep. The problem with "unit testing" per se is that it only tests a
>> unit. It doesn't test anything except the invariants of the unit you're
>> testing.
> 
> 	I wouldn't call it a "problem".

Well, a limitation.  I do very little programming where the invariants of 
the class are particularly difficult to ensure.  That would be 
"datastructures" and "file systems", which I use system/language libraries for.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
    Eiffel - The language that lets you specify exactly
    that the code does what you think it does, even if
    it doesn't do what you wanted.

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