Mike - unit tests protect you against exactly this sort of thing.
There isn't really any other option or shortcut.
On 8/29/06, Mike Kear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have quite a lot of CFCs now on some of my sites, since I'm using
> OO techniques nearly exclusively nowdays.
>
> One of the problems I've discovered as I tinker around with methods is
> that every once in a while I'll change a method, only to find there is
> an unexpected consequence somewhere else, because the method I'm
> tinkering with is used somewhere on the site I've overlooked.
>
> Obviously every time a method is changed in any way, all the parts of
> the site that access that method need to be tested again, but making
> sure they're all tested is proving more and more tricky as the sites
> get bigger and more complex, or as time goes by and i forget how
> everything was hooked together.
>
> The only way i have found to discover where a particular method is
> used is to use a global text search over the site for the text
> "methodname(" and hope that shows up all references to the method.
>
> Is this how the rest of you do this? or is there another way to do it?
>
> --
> Cheers
> Mike Kear
> Windsor, NSW, Australia
> Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer
> AFP Webworks
> http://afpwebworks.com
> ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month
>
>
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