Those silly tests
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Just got a rather pointed reminder why you should try to get as many tests as possible. The code is:

public override void Execute()
{
	Version version = typeof (VersionCommand).Assembly.GetName().Version;
	Writer.WriteLine("VERSION " + version);
}

And the test is:

[Test]
public void Will_return_assembly_version_as_memcached_version()
{
	var stream = new MemoryStream();
	var cmd = new VersionCommand(stream);
	cmd.Execute();
	Assert.AreEqual("VERSION " + typeof(VersionCommand).Assembly.GetName().Version 
		+ "\r\n", ReadAll(stream));
}

Now, tell me why this is not a stupid test & useless test.

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