Re:Comments Are Code (2018)
by wly_cdgr on Thursday March 07, 2024 @11:23PM
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If comments are code, they should all be removed, because they do nothing, and dead code that does nothing should be removed.
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Re:Comments Are Code (2018)
by bubblyworld on Friday March 08, 2024 @04:30AM
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I think it's fine to leave some kinds of dead code elimination to the compiler if it's useful - naming magic constants comes to mind. Technically a no-op, but very useful.