Case Study: The Bug Tracking Program Revisited
It is often necessary to revisit an old program and consider how you can improve it. However, this can be a frustrating exercise because the new specifications often can't be easily implemented by using the old scheme, and in such cases a redesign and rewrite is the only viable choice. There is too much bad code in the world already, kept beyond its natural life like some Frankenstein monster.
The first version of the bug-tracking program you created in Chapter 2, “Functions and Control Statements,” works, but users are frustrated: They need to track the people reporting and working on the bugs. They would prefer a number of small utility programs that they can run from the command prompt. Also, ...
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