I believe that most comments are like the old Ronald Reagan quote regarding nuclear disarmament, "Trust, but verify". I myself use comments generally to get my self up to speed a bit quicker regarding some method or a chuck of code, but I do not trust them to be up to date, or even marginally accurate.
Hear hear! My trust in the comments depends on who wrote the code. I know programmers who cannot be trusted with snake control in Ireland who are also prolific commenters. This should be no surprise; it seems thatthe less people know, the more they talk to prove they know something. (Of course, they usually prove the opposite ...)
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tbone1
Ain't enough 'O's in 'stoopid' to describe that guy.
- Dave "the King" Wilson