[Asterisk-Dev] [Rant] [long] - code style and quality

Michael Giagnocavo mgg-digium at atrevido.net
Fri May 13 15:34:53 MST 2005


>yes, changes in whitespace can be dangerous. Big deal.
>Trying to modify (fix) crap code is even more dangerous.
> 
>Derek.

You're right. Heck, even relinking can be dangerous:
http://blogs.msdn.com/chris_pratley/archive/2004/02/05/67871.aspx
(See paragraph 10 ("A last anecdote to leave you with.").)

So, sure, changes are dangerous, *especially* without a test suite, but
having "crap" code is more dangerous :).

-Michael





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