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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
        wrote on last edited by
        #17

        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
                      wrote on last edited by
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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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                                  #30

                                  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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                                        • G Gary Wheeler

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

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

                                          Software Zen: delete this;

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                                          jerryr4
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                                          Not only worthless comments, but also funny, seen in the assembly code of DG AOS/VS (can anyone remember it?) In the code executed when one shut down the system: < some code > HALT HALT ;JUST IN CASE The HALT instruction stopped the CPU completely In the panic code - executed when there was an error which the OS couldn't handle: < some code > ; I don't know how you got here, but you're in deep s**t Jerry

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