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deftest

deftest

9.9
A small piece of code written with a special command to check parts of a program
  • noun
  • Jargon
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  • Before merging the code, she ran every deftest to check for failures.

Examples

  • Writing a deftest helps catch bugs early in the development process.

  • The deftest in the project checks for edge cases.

  • The team added a new deftest to ensure the function handled errors correctly.

  • I wrote a new deftest for the function last night.

  • The developer wrote a deftest to ensure the function worked correctly under various conditions.

  • Using a deftest in Clojure can help catch bugs early in the development process.

  • When optimizing the code, the programmer added several deftest cases to validate the new changes.

Synonyms

test
vsdeftest
1.0

An activity to check how well something works

is specific to programming used for unit-level checks defined by a macro

Surface Forms

deftest singular
deftests plural

Etymology

Deftest in programming comes from joining def ('define') and test ('check'), especially in languages like Clojure. So deftest literally 'defines a test', a small piece of code you run to check that other code works.