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Re:The //* /*/ //*/ comment toggle trick by mikeash on Monday April 29, 2013 @09:36AM (#5626011)
If you actually commit this code to a repository I later encounter, I will find you.
Re:The //* /*/ //*/ comment toggle trick by npsimons on Monday April 29, 2013 @12:19PM (#5627083)
Better yet, use a code review system, then automate a test that detects this and rejects outright any patch containing it. Sure, you can use this in your private repo, even keep it in your stashes/branches, but if it gets pushed to the central master, expect to be slapped down, hard.
Re:The //* /*/ //*/ comment toggle trick by keefe on Monday April 29, 2013 @10:06AM (#5626184)
cringe harsh, but fair. can't have this kind of idea spreading.
Re:The //* /*/ //*/ comment toggle trick by Evbn on Monday April 29, 2013 @10:33AM (#5626373)
And since OP doesn't know how source control worms, he will never know how you found him.
Re:The //* /*/ //*/ comment toggle trick by alexanderbrevig on Monday April 29, 2013 @11:27AM (#5626775)
You're the one not knowing how to read and comprehend. This is a trick, I hope you learn some some day. My god this is tiring...