Paul McNett wrote: > Terry Hancock wrote: > >> On Wednesday 25 May 2005 08:27 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> Is there an impact analysis tool out there that can cross reference >>> python -- VB has a couple of these tools (eg. Visual Expert) >> >> >> I could be wrong, but my first impression is that that must be >> VB jargon for something we might know under another name. > > > Yep, I think we know it as 'unit testing'. > > From the Visual Expert site (http://visual-expert.com), impact analysis > refers to taking a given variable or function name, and finding > everywhere in the project where that name is referenced, for the purpose > of determining what bad things will happen when that variable or > function is changed somehow. The tool won't tell you what bad things > will happen, just list other code segments that depend on the name in > question.
This also sounds a little bit like "refactoring." The OP may want to look at Bicycle Repair Man: http://bicyclerepair.sourceforge.net/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
