RE: [Bodington-developers] download this and frighten yourself

[Alistair Y. <ali...@sm...>]

compilers? pah! wouldn't trust 'em - back in the days when I compiled cod=
e
the compiler would say "zero errors, zero warnings" - then it'd come back
from the test dept full of bugs!
compilers? don't listen to 'em ;)

Alistair

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Alistair Young
Senior Software Engineer
UHI@Sabhal M=F2r Ostaig
Isle of Skye
Scotland

>> From: Alexis O'Connor
>> an...@sm... wrote:
>> > Is there a tool that rips out imports/variables that aren't
>> > referenced?!
>
> I believe the most appropriate tool is the Mk.I developer, as it
> typically has to make value judgements on surrounding code as well.
>
>> The compiler can be configured to give
>> warnings regarding unused variables.
>
> ... and possibly should be configured as such by default.  We saw a
> decrease in defects introduced during maintenance in a legacy C++
> project when we turned on all the warnings in the compiler and spent th=
e
> effort in clearing up the existing warnings.  Unfortunately we were too
> naive to measure the decrease, so I can't tell you any numbers :-(.
>
> 		- Peter
>
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