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Its definitely a bad idea writing new code that builds up on your old code, that has not been tested properly, because you quickly have to start debugging multiple layer is code at once.

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[–] who@feddit.org 7 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

It's refreshing to see someone on social media who doesn't dismiss code as "outdated" just because of its age.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

There are dozens of us! But also, I have a masochistic tendency to update my old code to use the new language features and make it somewhat readable.

[–] yetAnotherUser@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Shouldn't you write tests for your code before using the new language features though?

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] yetAnotherUser@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Don't worry, it's probably fine, as long as you have a good grasp of the new feature. Right?

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 points 37 minutes ago

Erm, yes? Been programing for 15 years, I think I know my way around. 😅