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		AnimalMuppet on Jan 28, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Code Lifespan That statement is false. If I call your code, I don't have to share ownership of your code to benefit from your code not having a bug in it.

dcow on Jan 29, 2023 [–]

That’s not what I said.

I said you get the second order benefits by establishing shared ownership. Of course the qualities of the code are conferred to callers… that’s obvious.

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