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by tom_ 2799 days ago
This has been my experience too. I've done a bunch of these sorts of changes over the years in C++. It's very straightforward: break code, fix errors, run code, fix remaining bugs (if there are any), commit code.

None of these projects had unit tests, but that's fine - you don't really need them for this sort of modification, just some patience, a tolerance for boredom (that, or the ability to suck it up anyway), and a complete lack of concern about messages such as 'ERROR: 0/1,577 file(s) built. NOTE: Error limit exceeded - only showing the first 99,999'.