[Tfug] Developer question

Rich r-lists at studiosprocket.com
Mon Jul 9 17:04:36 MST 2007



On Jul 9, 2007, at 2:38 pm, Bexley Hall wrote:

> There's absolutely *nothing* "wrong" with comments
> (assuming they agree with the code and actually
> "add value" -- instead of just taking up space).
>
> The problem with RELYING on comments is you are
> assuming the next developer (maintainer?) will
> *see* the comments and act accordingly.

Nice answer! (yeah, I'm talking about the whole thing)

Okay, I'm favoring some kind of solution with Make calling grep. You  
could even push up an xmessage to question the programmer's  
parentage. That way the code is checked without any kind of overhead  
on the compiled result.

R.






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