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SideburnsOfDoom on May 28, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why I don't mock

> Mocks consume an interface as does your codebase so your coupling is at least N=2 whereas your codebase alone was N=1.

I really hope that you're not being serious here.

pling on May 28, 2014 [–]

100%. Its called efferent coupling.

SideburnsOfDoom on May 28, 2014 | [–]

It's answer which is technically 100% right; and practically 100% missing the point. So it seemed facetious.

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