Plotting the source code “TODO” history of the most popular open source projects

Re:Plotting the source code “TODO” history of the most popul... by nemo1618 on Monday May 17, 2021 @08:51AM (#27182834)

Instead of TODO, I often add a NOTE instead now, e.g.:

   NOTE: Attempting to re-synchronize here would cause an infinite loop because...

This prefix distinguishes such info from normal comments, which exclusively pertain to the code-as-written.

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Re:Plotting the source code “TODO” history of the most popul... by stevenhuang on Monday May 17, 2021 @10:42AM (#27183990)

Agreed but that's not quite what's being discussed here.

Notes are great but the context is to make a note about something that can be improved in the future (something actionable), hence it being a TODO.

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