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I have the opposite experience. Outdated comments are often way worse than no comments, because they can give you wrong ideas that aren't true anymore, and sen
by alex_reg 3y ago
I have the opposite experience.
Outdated comments are often way worse than no comments, because they can give you wrong ideas that aren't true anymore, and send you off in the wrong direction before you finally figure out the comment was wrong.
- elteto 3y agoIndeed. I recently found this piece of code: if (X) assert(false); // we never do X, ever, anywhere. Then I look over to the other pane, where I have a different, but related file open: if (exact same X) { do_useful_stuff(); } It got a chuckle out of me.
- jgilias 3y agoDid you update the comment? :-)
- withinboredom 3y ago// there are two kinds of mutually exclusive commentors enum kinds { writers; readers; updaters; }