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ctests-costs-benefits: define false positive

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A false positive could either be "not a bug" or a bug that is not
worth the time or complexity to fix. For the purpose of evaluating
the tests, the distinction is not important.
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@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ Below we can try to keep a log of which bugs are found with which ctests. This
way we can see which tests are the most useful. It is difficult to objectively
differentiate between minor bugs and important bugs.
Examples where convergence tests took time and annoyance to figure out that they
were actually "false positives" (i.e., no bug that should be fixed):
Examples where convergence tests took time and annoyance to figure out that
they were actually "false positives" (i.e., no bug that is worth the time or
complexity to fix):
https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=mid&q=20210125200655.e27xaaoy2belyxhw%40tallinn