Talk:bug magnet

RFV
Rfv-sense:  (software engineering) A person with an uncanny gift for finding software bugs, as though they were a magnetic attraction.. Absolutely nothing on Google. -- Liliana • 12:27, 16 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Even if attested, the question remains whether it is an obvious sum of parts. I note we do have babe magnet. Equinox ◑ 01:00, 17 September 2012 (UTC)


 * RFV-failed. - -sche (discuss) 06:10, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

bug magnet
Rfd-sense: ''(software engineering) The term bug magnet in software development is a design pattern which refers to a block of code which is so infrequently invoked that it is extremely prone to containing errors. The likelihood that it contains a defect may outweigh its value.''

The term magnet, in its figurative sense, can combine with many nouns. This seems like just another of many collocations. Google Books doesn't seem to support this very specific definition, but rather suggests that a bug magnet is a magnet to bugs, both biological and technological. -- Liliana • 12:29, 16 September 2012 (UTC)


 * I notice that we have babe magnet. Equinox ◑ 19:07, 19 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Deleted. It wasn't really a definition, anyway; it was a string of non-gloss info ("the term .. is a design ... which refers to a block ... which is ...") plus a value judgment. - -sche (discuss) 06:10, 24 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Striking. —Ruakh TALK 23:42, 26 January 2013 (UTC)