Re: Commenting the source code.

From: John Bode (john_bode_at_my-deja.com)
Date: 10/26/04


Date: 25 Oct 2004 16:16:51 -0700


"Profetas" <xuxu_18@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<7fd686da6a1395b18d1945e0ba1f5613@localhost.talkaboutprogramming.com>...
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> My theory is that commenting whilst you are coding,
> will break your concentration on what you were programming.
>
> If it is something complex.
>
>
> Does anybody agree?
>
> Profetas

Actually, the few times I comment as I go is when I'm working on
something relatively large and complex. Short and simple stuff I can
knock out quickly enough to keep it all in my head, but if I have to
refer back and forth to other files or documentation as I go, I
rapidly lose state.



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