Delete your Code

Re:Delete your Code by thyrsus on Thursday October 05, 2017 @03:46AM (#15407298)

I thought this would be about deleting lines of code instead of commenting them out "for historic insight". I'd like to see a discussion of whether the cleanliness or the "don't go here" is more useful.

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Re:Delete your Code by ruairidhwm on Thursday October 05, 2017 @04:50AM (#15407600)

Hey

That's an interesting perspective. Personally I don't leave lines of commented out code as I opt for cleanliness, but I do keep a journal for each project I do where I write down little gotchas I discover, or paste in a snippet that either works well, or doesn't and the reasons why.

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Re:Delete your Code by Xoros on Thursday October 05, 2017 @10:18AM (#15409355)

I used to do that (and there are out there many commented lines on old projects that are still active).

Now, I backup the source file somewhere for archive, run multiple tests on the new code, and make an obligation for me to deliver a cleaned source file, with no other comments than the one needed.

It's more clear when you go back to your code to not be distracted by old thoughts.

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Re:Delete your Code by occams_chainsaw on Thursday October 05, 2017 @09:51AM (#15409092)

Usually it ends up distracting me outside of a few days or if it's not my own code. I end up thinking, "why is/was this here? Is it an old implementation? Did it work? Is it a work in progress? Is it the actual implementation and the code next to it a work in progress?"

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