Comment on Bill is a pro grammer
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 11 months agoThis is something that is always stated by people who are opposed to comments, but I’ve never seen any such thing in practice. If being mislead by incorrect comments is so common, there should be a bunch of stories around about disasters caused by them - and I’ve never read a single such story.
magic_lobster_party@kbin.social 11 months ago
I’ve seen it. That’s why I’m opposed to comments unless they really bring value (like explaining the why instead of the what).
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 11 months ago
OK, so let’s hear your story about how misleading comments caused a major (or even a minor) problem.
magic_lobster_party@kbin.social 11 months ago
One example was when a method's documentation said that it would throw a certain exception. Turns out it was actually throwing a different exception (deep into the code), so no wonder why we never captured it in time.