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  • J Jacquers

    [Use the Task List - Visual Studio (Windows) | Microsoft Docs](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/using-the-task-list?view=vs-2022)

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    Greg Utas
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    Thanks, I'll look into this. What I currently do is tag some comments with special characters:

    //* Something to be implemented before commit.
    //x Something to delete before commit.
    //c Enhancement to code analysis software.

    And so on.

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    • T trønderen

      I never liked 'TODO' comments in the code. I rather keep a plain text file in the project directory listing all the things that should be remembered and considered. Then I can be sure that I don't overlook a fix because I didn't open that source file. I can more easily sort out a group of related fixes and do them in one cleanup. And I can put in a reminder about planned/desired functionality that doesn't yet have any definite place in the source code of already implemented functionality. In my text files, the entries are not necessarily limited to strict coding actions. They may e.g. state the defined order of method parameters for this project, or identify the standards to be followed. Sometimes it grows to require a splitting into sections. Some of that information later goes into the system documentation.

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      Slacker007
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      you can search for all TODO's in a solution. that's what I do. it works perfectly for me. I do feel that TODOs can get out of hand a lot of times, and so, I try to use them sparingly. There is also a window that is for using and managing TODOs, etc.

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      • Greg UtasG Greg Utas

        Even worse: I've actually made some notes about the problem, but they still don't help!

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        Chris Maunder
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        I do that all the time. :doh:

        cheers Chris Maunder

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        • M Maximilien

          just looked at my code, there's about 50 TODO, half of them are auto generated MFC code, half are probably at least 10 years old each. Too lazy to create a ticket and branch and Pull-Request to take them out.

          CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair

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          englebart
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          And then you need the testing proof for the change. I love to review user acceptance tests for “delete unreferenced methods” commits.

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          • T trønderen

            I never liked 'TODO' comments in the code. I rather keep a plain text file in the project directory listing all the things that should be remembered and considered. Then I can be sure that I don't overlook a fix because I didn't open that source file. I can more easily sort out a group of related fixes and do them in one cleanup. And I can put in a reminder about planned/desired functionality that doesn't yet have any definite place in the source code of already implemented functionality. In my text files, the entries are not necessarily limited to strict coding actions. They may e.g. state the defined order of method parameters for this project, or identify the standards to be followed. Sometimes it grows to require a splitting into sections. Some of that information later goes into the system documentation.

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            den2k88
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            I do the same, luckily I developed this way of working very early in my career so now I am quite efficient with it.

            GCS d--(d-) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++*      Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X

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            • J Jacquers

              [Use the Task List - Visual Studio (Windows) | Microsoft Docs](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/using-the-task-list?view=vs-2022)

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              If you use VS.

              GCS d--(d-) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++*      Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X

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              • J Jacquers

                Don't you just love it when you leave yourself a note like this in the code, but without an explanation of what's wrong / needs to be fixed? Especially if it's not something obvious :doh:

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                Cpichols
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                The very last thing I do before adding to a commit is to git diff, going line by line getting rid of spare spaces and comments like these, as well as taking notes on lines changed. I do, however, find old notes from past coders very like this, but with dates and initials added. Some are 5 years old - might not be important to fix that, eh? :wtf:

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                • J Jacquers

                  Don't you just love it when you leave yourself a note like this in the code, but without an explanation of what's wrong / needs to be fixed? Especially if it's not something obvious :doh:

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                  #pragma message

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                  • T trønderen

                    I never liked 'TODO' comments in the code. I rather keep a plain text file in the project directory listing all the things that should be remembered and considered. Then I can be sure that I don't overlook a fix because I didn't open that source file. I can more easily sort out a group of related fixes and do them in one cleanup. And I can put in a reminder about planned/desired functionality that doesn't yet have any definite place in the source code of already implemented functionality. In my text files, the entries are not necessarily limited to strict coding actions. They may e.g. state the defined order of method parameters for this project, or identify the standards to be followed. Sometimes it grows to require a splitting into sections. Some of that information later goes into the system documentation.

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                    StarNamer work
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                    Visual Studio has a Task List view which brings them all together which I think is better than having a separate file which may or may not get updated when then 'TODO' is done.

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                    • C Chris Maunder

                      I do that all the time. :doh:

                      cheers Chris Maunder

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                      Chris Maunder wrote:

                      I TOdo that all the time. :doh:

                      FIFY

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