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Discussion on: Comments Are The Only "Code Smell"

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Sriram Ramkrishna

Oh I agree. But I've been really happy with past self for writing for for future forgetful self. In these cases I'm the only person likely to see the code so I guess it works for this particular scenario.

For FOSS projects, I try to write self documenting code, but still try to put some comments in. I'm open to knowing alternative ways to give myself hints on what I was thinking without writing a design document! :-)