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| From | Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: The worth of comments |
| References | (4 earlier) <4ddfd9bf$0$49183$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl> <irooea$kio$2@reader1.panix.com> <roy-84AF4C.09364328052011@news.panix.com> <4de1011f$0$49184$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl> <94djdoFt6U1@mid.individual.net> |
| Date | 2011-05-29 11:41 +1000 |
| Message-ID | <877h9a9tbb.fsf@benfinney.id.au> (permalink) |
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Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> writes: > If the contract comment doesn't match what code does, then there are > two possibilities -- the comment is wrong, or the code is wrong. The > appropriate response is to find out which one is wrong and fix it. You omit the common third possibility: *both* the comment and the code are wrong. That's the one that I bet on whenever I notice code and comment don't match. -- \ “Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he | `\ is supposed to be doing at the moment.” —Robert Benchley | _o__) | Ben Finney
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The worth of comments Richard Parker <r.richardparker@comcast.net> - 2011-05-26 11:50 -0700
Re: The worth of comments Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-05-27 11:42 +1000
Re: The worth of comments Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-27 13:54 +0000
Re: The worth of comments Irmen de Jong <irmen@-NOSPAM-xs4all.nl> - 2011-05-27 19:05 +0200
Re: The worth of comments Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-27 17:53 +0000
Re: The worth of comments Irmen de Jong <irmen.NOSPAM@xs4all.nl> - 2011-05-28 15:09 +0200
Re: The worth of comments python@bdurham.com - 2011-05-28 09:34 -0400
Re: The worth of comments Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-05-28 09:36 -0400
Re: The worth of comments Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-29 00:02 +1000
Re: The worth of comments Irmen de Jong <irmen.NOSPAM@xs4all.nl> - 2011-05-28 16:05 +0200
Re: The worth of comments Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2011-05-29 12:47 +1200
Re: The worth of comments Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-05-29 11:41 +1000
Re: The worth of comments Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2011-05-29 23:05 +1200
Re: The worth of comments Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-29 14:43 +0000
Re: The worth of comments Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-05-29 11:39 -0400
Re: The worth of comments Irmen de Jong <irmen.NOSPAM@xs4all.nl> - 2011-05-29 03:49 +0200
Re: The worth of comments Alister Ware <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2011-05-29 17:26 +0000
Re: The worth of comments Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2011-05-31 14:47 +0000
Re: The worth of comments Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-05-26 22:08 -0400
Re: The worth of comments Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-27 15:13 +1000
Re: The worth of comments Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-05-27 09:25 -0400
Re: The worth of comments Tim Roberts <timr@probo.com> - 2011-05-27 00:02 -0700
Re: The worth of comments "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy@druid.net> - 2011-05-27 09:29 -0400
RE: The worth of comments "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmchase.com> - 2011-05-27 14:17 -0400
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