* Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide" via Emacs news and miscellaneous discussions outside the scope of other Emacs mailing lists <[email protected]> [2026-03-30 02:11]: > I mean: if *you* have exhaustive test code, who reads it?
I don't have exhaustive test code. I test function by function, by evaluating it and seeing "oh, it does work". > > Then I can see extensive tests being done, flowing faster on screen > > then I can verify it, but I can see when there is success or failure. > > So you never read the tests, you often just look at the outputs? We can say I browse the tests, I understand the tests when they are LLM generated and run faster on screen. I can scroll back to see, stop execution and test manually, that is what I do with LLMs. Without LLMs I just evaluate functions. What matters to me is if sales are going, if production is right, parts cut correctly and machines being manufactured. My real world test is the functionality that helps people in physical world, not in software. > As a consequence: you don’t know what it actually tests (in the > code)? Yes, it can be case by case that I have no idea. I do not even need to know the language it is written in. All I know is that application works, I am testing it as a user, while computer programs it for me. Those times you are referencing are slowly over. > If so, you cannot know whether you actually have exhaustive > tests. All you know is that you have many functions that do > something. I don't ever do "exhaustive tests", I am using programs I make practically, and the use shows when something is wrong or needs more functionality. No, it cannot be said "all you know is that you have many functions." You know some people use less time to accomplish so much more, I am in that group. -- Jean Louis
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