Bug Levels

There are several stages of fixing a bug:

• Getting a wrong result but not recognizing it.
• Getting an obviously wrong result.
• Recognizing that there is a bug.
• Trapping the bug in a specific demonstration where one can see that it is wrong but one can't tell why.
• Identifying the wrong logic.
• Fixing the wrong logic.
• Confirming that the logic is fixed.
• Confirming that the correction has not messed up something else.

Schneider Lab
origin: 2004 Aug 26
updated: 2004 Aug 26