Comments on Test This Blog - Eric Jacobson's Software Testing Blog: Take AIM at Boundary Testing

Hmm.. I thought more about this and I suppose you'...

2008-10-24T23:32:00.000-04:00

Hmm.. I thought more about this and I suppose you're right, and memory issues are something we need to work on handling better.

However doing so is extremely difficult since memory exceptions are generally fatal and non-recoverable. Since if you get an OutOfMemoryException then anything you do in the handler such as putting up a message box, etc. will only attempt to use up more memory and thus exacerbate the problem.

I guess the difficulty in handling it was why I was a bit exasperated in the first post about it, and the real solution is to avoid having to handle it in the first place which is easier said than done.

Sure, anything will break under memory constraints...

2008-10-23T08:54:00.000-04:00

Sure, anything will break under memory constraints. The trick is to handle it gracefully, so the user can continue their work.

If you search our bug DB for memory related errors, you'll see several, most of which were found in production using real world data. This has been a weak area of testing. We don't have enough time to test with realistic data...or we're too lazy.

I feel as though the memory storage one was put in...

2008-10-22T22:10:00.000-04:00

I feel as though the memory storage one was put in there just to make the acronym instead of the other way around.

Secondly, anything will break under memory constraints.

Lastly I like pineapple chunks and am wondering why I'm wasting time writing this comment. Must unsubscribe from Eric's blog, but don't want to miss out on chance to harass him... sigh decisions, decisions.