Optlink Contribution

[w0rp via Digitalmars-d]

On Wednesday, 30 July 2014 at 06:54:52 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> The fundamental problem with fixing optlink is there is 
> essentially no test suite. This means that any fixes to it need 
> to be surgical - as little code modified as practical, and 
> pretty great care in doing it. Wholesale refactoring "just 
> because" or for "cleanup" are out of the question. Wholesale 
> reformatting is also out of the question.

The solution there is to write a comprehensive test suite. Then 
it can be refactored. I'm not saying it's an easy solution, it's 
probably a major pain, but that's what it is.