Re: Writing bulletproof code

From: Richard Heathfield (dontmail_at_address.co.uk.invalid)
Date: 01/07/04 

Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 06:04:45 +0000 (UTC)

[Joe - sorry to piggyback on your reply; pete's didn't make it to my server]

Joe "Nuke Me Xemu" Foster wrote:

> "pete" <pfiland@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> <news:3FFB422C.7E22@mindspring.com>...
>
>> Richard Heathfield wrote:
>
>> > > Would it be honest to put that feature in the code?
>> >
>> > If the customer has expressed a specific wish *not*
>> > to have the feature,
>> > then yes, I think it would be dishonest, and therefore a bad policy
>> > decision, to insert the code, but on the other hand it would be
>> > irresponsible /not/ to insert the code,
>> ? and therefore you need some way to
>> > resolve the impasse (hence my suggestion, above).
>>
>> Would it really be unacceptable for you to work with a customer
>> who had another way of taking care of it,
>> which was none of your business ?

Not at all, since such a customer would be willing to sign some kind of
disclaimer.

>> Have you never been given instructions which didn't make
>> sense to you, by people who knew what they needed you to do ?

Yes, of course. For some reason, my Geography teacher springs to mind. :-)

> I'd want to make sure the customer was at least aware of the issue.

And that the customer appreciated the issue's importance (or lack thereof). 

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