From 1514121965260403724 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,ccbfcafab96cf493 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-07 09:32:01 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!dispose.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: pdimov@mmltd.net (Peter Dimov) Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: Proposol to increase robustness of programs Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 17:31:16 GMT Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Approved: Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++ Message-ID: <7dc3b1ea.0112070704.1d8ad50f@posting.google.com> References: <3BFE97B3.91430FB1@wanadoo.fr> <3C058126.36357A00@acm.org> <3C06A0CE.E91638E8@acm.org> <3C0C1E25.1A0247AD@acm.org> <3C0D410B.7198B21D@wanadoo.fr> <3C0D4878.A86E882E@acm.org> <7dc3b1ea.0112060840.69c166cc@posting.google.com> <3C0FD9D7.8F1845C4@acm.org> X-Trace: mail2news.demon.co.uk 1007746281 mail2news:5554 mail2news mail2news.demon.co.uk X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Mail2News-Path: news.demon.net!mulga.cs.mu.oz.au X-Authentication-Warning: mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU: fjh set sender to devnull@stump.algebra.com using -f X-Robomod: STUMP, ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit NNTP-Posting-Date: 7 Dec 2001 15:04:17 GMT Lines: 28 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.std.c++:8542 Pete Becker wrote in message news:<3C0FD9D7.8F1845C4@acm.org>... > Peter Dimov wrote: > > > > After changing a base virtual function signature, the typical > > procedure is to locate all overriders - by hand - and fix them. Rarely > > does a programmer wait for the tests to fail. They will. No new > > information would be gained. > > > > With consistent use of 'override', the process is automated. > > > > No, it turns into compile-and-see-what-breaks, which is rarely a good > approach to software engineering. What are the alternatives - in this particular case? Ignore the problem and see what tests break? Use a separate tool to locate the overriders? The compiler _is_ that tool (with override.) -- Peter Dimov Multi Media Ltd. --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://www.research.att.com/~austern/csc/faq.html ]