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Software documentation: how much is enough? 软件文档:多少才足够?

Seventh European Conference onSoftware Maintenance and Reengineering, 2003. Proceedings. Pub Date : 2003-03-26 DOI: 10.1109/CSMR.2003.1192406

L. Briand

引用次数: 76

The role of constructors in the context of refactoring object-oriented systems 构造函数在重构面向对象系统中的作用

Seventh European Conference onSoftware Maintenance and Reengineering, 2003. Proceedings. Pub Date : 2003-03-26 DOI: 10.1109/CSMR.2003.1192418

R. Najjar, S. Counsell, G. Loizou, K. Mannock

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引用次数: 32

Proceedings Seventh European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering 第七届欧洲软件维护与再造会议论文集

Seventh European Conference onSoftware Maintenance and Reengineering, 2003. Proceedings. Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1109/CSMR.2003.1192404

T. Gyimóthy, G. Canfora, M. Brand

引用次数: 6

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