Re: [brlcad-devel] Interested in GSOC Project: Code Reduction

[Avneet K. <kau...@gm...>]

On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 9:37 PM, Christopher Sean Morrison
<br...@ma...> wrote:

> Not just that you're going to reduce code, but what code, how, why, etc.

Refactoring is not simply to reduce the LOC, it is to make the code
easier to work with in the future.

> Also, how will you ensure nothing is broken?

I will use Google C++ test framework for unit testing as I have a
working experience of it.

http://avneetkhasla.wordpress.com/2013/04/12/google-c-testing-frameworkgoogle-test-gtest/

> I also recommend creating a patch so you know what you're getting into and so we know
> where your abilities are at reading code... ;)

Submitted a patch.

http://sourceforge.net/p/brlcad/patches/173/

We can reduce even more code in this patch, but it makes code
difficult to maintain, I think.
We do refactoring for four purposes :

> That's great.  Is there a reason you haven't considered a conversion project instead?

Refactoring the code is a challenging task.
I would prefer to proceed with this rather than DXF for the sake of my
current interests as
well as from learning point of view.


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