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Re:The //* /*/ //*/ comment toggle trick by kabdib on Monday April 29, 2013 @11:10AM (#5626628)
The road to hell is paved with convenience.

More sins have been committed in the cause of "Hey, this will save a few keystrokes" than . . . well, a lot of sins, okay?

I have no trouble doing this in the heat of bring-up or a debugging session, but I'd never check it in, and I hope that none of my cow-orkers ever will, either.

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Re:The //* /*/ //*/ comment toggle trick by H3g3m0n on Monday April 29, 2013 @07:49PM (#5629607)
If you really want to save a few keystrokes, use a commenting plugin. Vim too :-)
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Re:The //* /*/ //*/ comment toggle trick by sadkingbilly on Monday April 29, 2013 @01:12PM (#5627427)
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. :)
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Re:The //* /*/ //*/ comment toggle trick by eksith on Monday April 29, 2013 @02:34PM (#5627854)
...and macros ;)

But he's right. It's a slippery slope to bad things when keystroke convenience takes precedence over clarity. We're human after all; it's easy to overlook something critical (especially when there's not another set of eyes going over it) and spend a lot more time and energy hunting for it later.

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