This is why I don't use D.

Laurent Tréguier laurent.treguier.sink at gmail.com
Thu Sep 6 13:13:05 UTC 2018


On Thursday, 6 September 2018 at 13:03:09 UTC, 0xEAB wrote:
> On Thursday, 6 September 2018 at 10:55:04 UTC, Laurent Tréguier 
> wrote:
>> Then would it be possible to use code coverage to hint users 
>> about packages possibly not building anymore even if they are 
>> shown to be buildable ?
>
> I see yet another problem here. Having to maintain a high 
> coverage just to get your package flagged as maintained might 
> lead to a package not getting maintained in the first place.
>
> Of course, coverage can be considered a measurement for code 
> quality. But can one really derive the state of maintenance 
> from it?

Maybe not. I simply thought that it could help know if a package 
would still build in real-world situations, especially with a lot 
of meta-programming.


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