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  • comments? (Score:1)

    by mpeters (5802) on 2007.08.16 12:14 (#57019) Homepage Journal
    Why not just put a textual comment with the commented code explaining why it's commented out. Not only will it not be compiled in, but it will also have a nice long explanation about why it's not being used.

    You can even make a reference to a co-worker's hissy fit that occurred when you deleted it :)

    • I use this approach probably 90% for verbose debugging and 10% to wrap scary looking code. I try to comment scary code sometimes, but most often what I see is

        $foo->method_makes_sense;
        # $foo->mugwumpus;
        $foo->save;
      so then I have to go and figure out what mugwumpus() does, which involves grepping, and emailing. I guess I'd rather spend my time coding than mugwumpus-spelunking :)
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