The most worthless comment ever

[Dan Neely]

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

[Sandesh M Patil]

I think it is ok

[Mark_Wallace]

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!

[Super Lloyd]

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.

[PIEBALDconsult]

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

[Gary Wheeler]

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

Software Zen: delete this;

[PIEBALDconsult]

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.

[Yusuf]

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

Yusuf May I help you?

[Gary Wheeler]

As I said[^].

Software Zen: delete this;

[Yusuf]

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

Yusuf May I help you?

[Abhinav S]

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.

[Lost User]

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

[Tomz_KV]

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

TOMZ_KV

[jerryr4]

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

[Gary Wheeler]

If DG == Data General, I'm not surprised. I used a DG 'Nova 4' system one time, a very long time ago. Regarding the doubled HALT instruction, that's also not too surprising. Depending upon the interrupt architecture and when they increment the program counter, I could see a glitch between decoding the HALT instruction and its execution causing the code to continue executing.

Software Zen: delete this;

[Lysander Vibar]

// Enter comments here.

[Steve Naidamast]

We have some changes...

Steve Naidamast Black Falcon Software, Inc. blackfalconsoftware@ix.netcom.com

[skydvr]

If he only enumerated from 0 to 9, the loop would never exit...

[agieseke]

//IOTEMCO This acronym was the brain child of a consultant working on our project. Its meaning: Intuitivly Obvious To Even the Most Casual Observer. This was somehow helpful in his mind.

[englebart]

Helpful if you intend to print it. Of course, I would expect a ////////BEGIN//////// or //////////Filename.cpp///////////////////// at the top. With the END tag, you will be able to tell if the entire document printed when the secretary delivers your hardcopy. :-D