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by alephnan 2475 days ago
Edgy, but wrong.

Is there a difference between 79.9% and 80%? Maybe not. My team is increasing test coverage for a legacy code base. 60% to 80% DOES matter. And it’s not just the fact that the tests flags regression, but the very process of increasing test coverage uncovers bugs / dead code.