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-1 What? This seems to have no relevance.

alternative
– alternative

2010-10-12 23:38:53 +00:00
Commented Oct 12, 2010 at 23:38
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There must be a point when one should stop trying to unit test. Should know when to draw the line. Should we write test cases to test test cases? What about the new test cases written to test test cases? How will we test them?

aufather
– aufather

2010-10-12 23:52:44 +00:00
Commented Oct 12, 2010 at 23:52
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Process Brain raised EInfiniteRecursion while attempting to extrapolate your statement...

Mason Wheeler
– Mason Wheeler

2010-10-13 00:10:45 +00:00
Commented Oct 13, 2010 at 0:10
Replace your answer with your comment and you'll get a +1

Note to self - think of a name
– Note to self - think of a name

2010-10-13 00:13:41 +00:00
Commented Oct 13, 2010 at 0:13
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In all fairness, your example is a straw man. You're testing the printf() subsystem in a C library, not the actual program calling printf(). I do agree, however, that at some point one must break the recursive testing of tests.

user131
– user131

2010-10-13 02:33:56 +00:00
Commented Oct 13, 2010 at 2:33

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