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  • G Gary Wheeler

    At least those comments describe what the code is doing.

    Software Zen: delete this;

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    Lost User
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    Are you saying that the code isn't ending at the ////////////////END/////////////// ?

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    • S Super Lloyd

      how about?

      // enumerating i from 0 to 10 (Lloyd 29 07 2010)
      for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
      {
      // printing i to the console (Lloyd 29 07 2010)
      Console.WriteLine(i);
      // TODO should do something more useful later (Lloyd 29 07 2010)
      }

      A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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      Peter Mulholland
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      Super Lloyd wrote:

      // enumerating i from 0 to 10 (Lloyd 29 07 2010) for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)

      Your comments are not accurate. You are enumerating from 0 to 9!

      Pete

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      • L Lost User

        Are you saying that the code isn't ending at the ////////////////END/////////////// ?

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        Gary Wheeler
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        I personally don't find it necessary to worry that my editor is going to somehow 'fall off the end' of a file, and mark that end with a comment. That's like wearing a seat belt in your desk chair, because you're worried that the Earth's gravity might fail.

        Software Zen: delete this;

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          Super Lloyd wrote:

          // enumerating i from 0 to 10 (Lloyd 29 07 2010) for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)

          Your comments are not accurate. You are enumerating from 0 to 9!

          Pete

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          Super Lloyd
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          Oops! :-O

          A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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          • S Super Lloyd

            how about?

            // enumerating i from 0 to 10 (Lloyd 29 07 2010)
            for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
            {
            // printing i to the console (Lloyd 29 07 2010)
            Console.WriteLine(i);
            // TODO should do something more useful later (Lloyd 29 07 2010)
            }

            A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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            OriginalGriff
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            Super Lloyd wrote:

            // TODO should do something more useful later (Lloyd 29 07 2010)

            That one is actually useful - it triggers Visual Studio to add it to the Tasks List. Visual Studio Tasks List[^]

            Did you know: That by counting the rings on a tree trunk, you can tell how many other trees it has slept with.

            "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
            "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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            • S Super Lloyd

              how about?

              // enumerating i from 0 to 10 (Lloyd 29 07 2010)
              for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
              {
              // printing i to the console (Lloyd 29 07 2010)
              Console.WriteLine(i);
              // TODO should do something more useful later (Lloyd 29 07 2010)
              }

              A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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              LloydA111
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              I should really stop writing such pointless comments :-O


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              • D Dalek Dave

                You have just performed floccinaucinihilipilification!

                ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave

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                cptKoala
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                somehow your post has no value to this thread :-\

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                • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                  Super Lloyd wrote:

                  // TODO should do something more useful later (Lloyd 29 07 2010)

                  That one is actually useful - it triggers Visual Studio to add it to the Tasks List. Visual Studio Tasks List[^]

                  Did you know: That by counting the rings on a tree trunk, you can tell how many other trees it has slept with.

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                  Dan Neely
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                  UNless it's changed in 2k10 I don't think the task list is particularly useful outside of VB because of non-overridable language specific behavior. In VB it shows all the TODOs in the solution. In C# it shows all the TODOs in open files. In C++ it shows all the TODOs in the file being edited. The latter two are near useless in larger projects. Instead I litter my .cs files with #warning TODO blah... lines.

                  3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

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                  • G Gary Wheeler

                    ///////////////////////////////End/////////////////////////////

                    Found at the end of a source file :sigh:.

                    Software Zen: delete this;

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                    Sandesh M Patil
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                    #22

                    I think it is ok

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                    • G Gary Wheeler

                      ///////////////////////////////End/////////////////////////////

                      Found at the end of a source file :sigh:.

                      Software Zen: delete this;

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                      Mark_Wallace
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                      If you wait five seconds, the credits will scroll past too fast to read.

                      I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                      • L LloydA111

                        I should really stop writing such pointless comments :-O


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                        Super Lloyd
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                        Hehe, yes you should! :laugh:

                        A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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                        • G Gary Wheeler

                          ///////////////////////////////End/////////////////////////////

                          Found at the end of a source file :sigh:.

                          Software Zen: delete this;

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                          PIEBALDconsult
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                          #25

                          That makes sense when printing... especially on fan-fold paper. :~

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                          • P PIEBALDconsult

                            That makes sense when printing... especially on fan-fold paper. :~

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                            Gary Wheeler
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                            When was the last time you loaded a box of green-bar in a line printer?

                            Software Zen: delete this;

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                            • G Gary Wheeler

                              When was the last time you loaded a box of green-bar in a line printer?

                              Software Zen: delete this;

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                              PIEBALDconsult
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                              1992-08-02 (or thereabouts), but I still print my code occasionally. Nowadays I use Word and I have a header that indicates the filename and pages.

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                              • G Gary Wheeler

                                ///////////////////////////////End/////////////////////////////

                                Found at the end of a source file :sigh:.

                                Software Zen: delete this;

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                                Yusuf
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                                #28

                                hey, that was not suppose to be viewable. That is how VS knows when it reaches EOF.

                                Yusuf May I help you?

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                                  hey, that was not suppose to be viewable. That is how VS knows when it reaches EOF.

                                  Yusuf May I help you?

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                                  Gary Wheeler
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                                  As I said[^].

                                  Software Zen: delete this;

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                                  • G Gary Wheeler

                                    As I said[^].

                                    Software Zen: delete this;

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                                    Yusuf
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                                    chill out man, may be you did not notice the joke icon. :-O

                                    Yusuf May I help you?

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                                    • G Gary Wheeler

                                      ///////////////////////////////End/////////////////////////////

                                      Found at the end of a source file :sigh:.

                                      Software Zen: delete this;

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                                      Abhinav S
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                                      I came across one a few days ago - ////////This is a comment//////////// :doh:

                                      The funniest thing about this particular signature is that by the time you realise it doesn't say anything it's too late to stop reading it. My latest tip/trick - Silverlight *.XCP files. Visit the Hindi forum here.

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                                      • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                        At least it's accurate.

                                        Did you know: That by counting the rings on a tree trunk, you can tell how many other trees it has slept with.

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                                        Lost User
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                                        And thats what is expected on Weekend!

                                        Ravi S Coding is my birth-right and bugs are part of feature my code has! _________________________________________ Me  Facebook  Twitter

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                                        • G Gary Wheeler

                                          ///////////////////////////////End/////////////////////////////

                                          Found at the end of a source file :sigh:.

                                          Software Zen: delete this;

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                                          Tomz_KV
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                                          Sometimes, when a "{" or "}" is missing, this comment can help investigate backward.

                                          TOMZ_KV

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