Reducing technical debt by valuing comments as much as code

Re:Reducing technical debt by valuing comments as much as code by rightbyte on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @07:03PM (#34604232)

Not really. You clearly see that the intent at some point was to add two numbers, and not some fiction about ADD the diagnosis or what ever.

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Re:Reducing technical debt by valuing comments as much as code by ablob on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @07:46PM (#34604664)

So which one is right, the name of the function (the comment), or it's implementation?

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Re:Reducing technical debt by valuing comments as much as code by rightbyte on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @11:43AM (#34613158)

Rethorical question? You can't know that without looking on how the function is used.

You at least know something is strange from the comment.

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