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Re:The Linux codebase has over 3k TODO comments, many from o... by namirez on Sunday December 29, 2019 @10:08PM (#21910485)
> TODO, XXX, or the like should not survive past the review stage

I'm afraid if you stick to this principle, you will never have any code ready for review. Using TODO is not an excuse for writing buggy code, but an indication of future improvements and optimizations.

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Re:The Linux codebase has over 3k TODO comments, many from o... by shantly on Monday December 30, 2019 @12:58PM (#21915291)
It's a great rule if you want to get people to never write down whatever information would have been contained in their TODOs. Anywhere, probably. Best case it remains but just without the TODO label, so... congratulations? Or goes in an issue tracker with all the other junk-issues that no one ever looks at.
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