Fixing a Defect
The hard part of debugging is finding the defect. Fixing the defect is the easy part. But as with many easy tasks, the fact that it's easy makes it especially error-prone. At least one study found that defect corrections have more than a 50 percent chance of being wrong the first time (Yourdon 1986b). Here are a few guidelines for reducing the chance of error:
Understand the problem before you fix it. "The Devil's Guide to Debugging" is right: the best way to make your life difficult and corrode the quality of your program is to fix problems without really understanding them. Before you fix a problem, make sure you understand it to ...
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