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sanity check
(foldoc) | sanity check
1. Checking code (or anything else, e.g. a
Usenet posting) for completely stupid mistakes. Implies
that the check is to make sure the author was sane when it was
written; e.g. if a piece of scientific software relied on a
particular formula and was giving unexpected results, one
might first look at the nesting of parentheses or the coding
of the formula, as a "sanity check", before looking at the
more complex I/O or data structure manipulation routines, much
less the algorithm itself.
Compare reality check.
2. A run-time test, either validating input or ensuring that
the program hasn't screwed up internally (producing an
inconsistent value or state).
[Jargon File]
(1998-08-29)
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sanity check
(jargon) | sanity check
n.
[very common]
1. The act of checking a piece of code (or anything else, e.g., a Usenet
posting) for completely stupid mistakes. Implies that the check is to make
sure the author was sane when it was written; e.g., if a piece of
scientific software relied on a particular formula and was giving
unexpected results, one might first look at the nesting of parentheses or
the coding of the formula, as a sanity check, before looking at the more
complex I/O or data structure manipulation routines, much less the
algorithm itself. Compare reality check.
2. A run-time test, either validating input or ensuring that the program
hasn't screwed up internally (producing an inconsistent value or state).
3. Conversationally, saying “sanity check” means you are requesting a check
of your assumptions. “Wait a minute, sanity check, are we talking about the
same Kevin here?”
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