[Feature-dev] Re: Test error

[Mike Wong]

Hi Mauricio,

I found one of the problems. It's a combination of Proteins.h and Atoms.h.

The class Proteins is a subclass of Atoms. Atoms has an Objects instance called 'atoms'. Protein also has an Objects instance called 'atoms'. Therefore the instances of atoms are overloaded, and local scope takes precedence.

This is precisely the kind of problem that we can prevent with both a coding convention and using strong type-checking.

Best regards,

- m.

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Mike Wong, Staff Research Associate
Center for Computing for Life Sciences (CCLS)
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue, Hensill Hall 301, SF, CA 94132
(415) 405-2119
mikewong at sfsu.edu




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From: Mauricio Ardila <willy_se_free at hotmail.com>
To: mike <mikewong at sfsu.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 11:43:40 AM
Subject: RE: Test error

 
hi Mike

yesterday i found out that the change the schedule of my flight to 5:30 so i will not be able to make the meeting of today.

additionally the only thing i found out was that in neighborhood.h
in lines 24 to 30 a new   Point3DList list is created and the it is populated with the coordinates of each atom.


however there was a change in which instead of using 

retList->push_back(&protein->GetAtom(i)->coord);



now 

Atom *atom;
        for (int i = 0; i < numAtoms; i++) {
atom = (*protein)[ i ];
            retList->push_back( &(atom->coord) );

the logic is the same, but the [] operator does seems to create a problem.

so, in conclusion that was all that i found that can cause a problem.

i was not able to fully complete pass the test but i think it is a start.

let me know if you need anything

Mauricio

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Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:08:53 -0700
From: mikewong at sfsu.edu
Subject: Re: Test error
To: willy_se_free at hotmail.com


Hi Mauricio,

Thursday at 3pm sounds good. See you at CCLS. We may wander over to the library and look at some software testing books.

Thanks,

- m.

 __________________________________
Mike Wong, Staff Research Associate
Center for Computing for Life Sciences (CCLS)
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue, Hensill Hall 301, SF, CA 94132
(415) 405-2119
mikewong at sfsu.edu




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From: Mauricio Ardila <willy_se_free at hotmail.com>
To: mike <mikewong at sfsu.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 4:26:05 PM
Subject: RE: Test error

 
do you wanna meet tomorrow like at 3?

Mauricio

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Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:21:15 -0700
From: mikewong at sfsu.edu
Subject: Re: Test error
To: willy_se_free at hotmail.com


Hi Mauricio,

Yes, when's a good time for you this week? I'm free Wed-Fri 1-4pm.

Best regards,

- m.

 __________________________________
Mike Wong, Staff Research Associate
Center for Computing for Life Sciences (CCLS)
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue, Hensill Hall 301, SF, CA 94132
(415) 405-2119
mikewong at sfsu.edu




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From: Mauricio Ardila <willy_se_free at hotmail.com>
To: mike <mikewong at sfsu.edu>
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 3:10:16 PM
Subject: RE: Test error

 Hi mike

do you wanna meet soon to talk about this new task?

Mauricio

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Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:51:31 -0700
From: mikewong at sfsu.edu
Subject: Test error
To: feature-dev at simtk.org
CC: tumanyan at sfsu.edu; mardila at sfsu.edu


Hi all,

I've recently discovered that a hole in our test coverage has been glossing over a particularly bad problem; we may be generating faulty models.

Therefore, I'm tasking myself and Mauricio to become Grade-A Test Engineers. Anyone who's interested in this unglamorous, but unbelievably important, process, please contact me. This is especially important for those who are thinking of a career in industry.

Software Quality Assurance texts spend huge amounts of time explaining how to design tests so that they don't fail. There's very little discussion on tests that have poor coverage, or simply faulty tests, and what to do when you find yourself in those situations. This is where practice diverges from theory, and one of the areas where experience matters most. There is significant hands-on learning that will happen here, something that can potentially help you nail an interview and land a job or a performance review and score a promotion.

Developers can continue to develop, but sometime in the near future we will need a temporary code freeze to implement the bug patches.

Best regards,

- m.

 __________________________________
Mike Wong, Staff Research Associate
Center for Computing for Life Sciences (CCLS)
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue, Hensill Hall 301, SF, CA 94132
(415) 405-2119
mikewong at sfsu.edu

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