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Re: Do you spellcheck Code Comments

Subject: Re: Do you spellcheck Code Comments
From: "Guy K. Haas" <guy -at- hiskeyboard -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 12:28:48 -0700


Lately, APIs are often documented by extracting the comments specifically entered into them for tools like Doxygen and Javadoc to gather and publish -- typically as HTML. Granted, that's only the Reference material; user guide info would still need to be provided, but believe me customers ARE reading such comments.

--Guy K. Haas
Software Exegete in Silicon Valley

Bruce Byfield wrote:
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Code comments are traditionally informal, and no one who uses them cares whether their spelling and grammar are perfect. More importantly, most customers will never see them.
...


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References:
RE: Do you spellcheck Code Comments: From: Matt Horn
Re: Do you spellcheck Code Comments: From: Bruce Byfield

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