Defensive Programming-CSDN博客

本文探讨了程序员在编码时采用防御编程策略的重要性，将其比作驾驶员在复杂交通环境中考虑最坏情况。通过预设边界条件，确保代码在面对异常输入或错误时仍能正常工作，提倡以预防错误而非事后修复的态度进行编程。

Once the programmer starts coding
	he should use defensive programming.
	
This is similar to defensive driving
	which means driving under worst-case scenarios
		other drivers violating traffic laws, unexpected events or obstacles, etc
	
Similarly, defensive programming means developing code 	
	such that it works correctly
		under the worst-case scenarios from its environment. 

For instance, when writing a function
	one should assume worst-case inputs to that function, 	
	i.e., inputs that are too large, too small
	or inputs that violate some property, condition, or invariant
	the code should deal with these cases
		even if the programmer doesn't expect them to happen under normal circumstances.

note:
	the goal is not to become an expert at fixing bugs		
	but rather to get better at writing robust (mostly) error-free programs in the first place. 

	As a matter of attitude
		programmers should not feel proud when they fix bugs
		but rather embarrassed that their code had bugs. 	
		If there is a bug in the program, it is only because the programmer made mistakes.