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Unit tests as documentation

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94 points thunderbong | 1 comments | 17 Oct 24 17:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.2s | source
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mihaigalos ◴[17 Oct 24 18:21 UTC] No.41872231[source]▶
In TDD, u-tests are called "spec". Pretty much sums it up.
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lucianbr ◴[17 Oct 24 18:31 UTC] No.41872337[source]▶
So again, any inputs outside of those exemplified in unit tests are unspecified behaviour? How would this work for mathematical operators for example?
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1. samatman ◴[18 Oct 24 00:39 UTC] No.41875288[source]▶
Induction is a valid form of inference.