On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 5:38 PM, Ihe Onwuka <> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 5:30 PM, Dimitre Novatchev <> wrote:
>>> I'm completely bemused.
>>
>> So am I :)
>>
>>
>> Yes, the primary purpose of unit tests is to be able to fail. An unit
>> test that always passes is useless.
>>
>
I think some of the bemusement is because the development community
have (mis)appropriated unit testing as a development methodology (the
mis is my opinion).
The primary purpose of testing (all levels of testing) is risk
mitigation. In that context it is easy to see why a test that fails
when there is no bug is useless.
It isn't mitigating any risk.
