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Re: Most gratuitous comments

From Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de>
Subject Re: Most gratuitous comments
Date 2014-11-20 20:09 +0100
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Chris Angelico schrieb am 20.11.2014 um 06:06:
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 3:58 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> And the award for the most gratuitous comments before an import goes to
>> one of my (former) workmates, who wrote this piece of code:
>>
>> # Used for base64-decoding.
>> import base64
>> # Used for ungzipping.
>> import gzip
> 
> Well hey. Good to know he's using the tools for their intended purposes!

Not necessarily. The comments only suggest that the imports were added (or
at least commented on) with the intended purpose in mind. Whether that
purpose is still what the modules are used for or whether they are even
still in use at all, is unclear from the above.

Stefan

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Most gratuitous comments Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-11-20 04:58 +0000
  Re: Most gratuitous comments Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-20 16:06 +1100
  Re: Most gratuitous comments Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-11-20 12:04 +0000
  Re: Most gratuitous comments sohcahtoa82@gmail.com - 2014-11-20 10:52 -0800
    Re: Most gratuitous comments cl@isbd.net - 2014-11-20 21:32 +0000
      Re: Most gratuitous comments sohcahtoa82@gmail.com - 2014-11-20 13:43 -0800
        Re: Most gratuitous comments Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-11-21 10:16 +1100
          Re: Most gratuitous comments sohcahtoa82@gmail.com - 2014-11-20 15:59 -0800
            Re: Most gratuitous comments Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-21 11:17 +1100
              Re: Most gratuitous comments sohcahtoa82@gmail.com - 2014-11-20 16:19 -0800
                Re: Most gratuitous comments Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-21 11:33 +1100
            Re: Most gratuitous comments Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-11-21 08:52 +0200
              Re: Most gratuitous comments Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-11-21 17:04 +0000
              Re: Most gratuitous comments Marco Buttu <marco.buttu@gmail.com> - 2014-11-25 13:40 +0100
                Re: Most gratuitous comments Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-11-25 14:53 +0200
                Re: Most gratuitous comments Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-11-26 01:47 +1100
      Re: Most gratuitous comments Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-11-20 23:18 +0000
    Re: Most gratuitous comments Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-11-20 21:39 -0500
  Re: Most gratuitous comments Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2014-11-20 20:09 +0100
  Re: Most gratuitous comments albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-12-04 09:48 +0000
    Re: Most gratuitous comments Rob Gaddi <rgaddi@technologyhighland.invalid> - 2014-12-04 09:12 -0800
  Re: Most gratuitous comments sjmsoft@gmail.com - 2014-12-04 07:08 -0800

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