Re: Do you spellcheck Code Comments

[Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>]

We (my group of writers) are in the code, and yes, we fix it when it
needs fixing. Of course we do this because we build our SDK docs from
the code comments (.NET and Java) and we expect that any code visible
to a customer should be well-done in all respects.

On 4/20/05, John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
> 
> I'm using an application called CAST that outputs reports about code.
> Once of the outputs is any code comments.
> 
> I'm importing the report into FM. Natuarally, I'm spell checking the
> document and sometimes I get a hit on the code comment, similar to
> the following:
> 
> "Exectute on all entities if no entity type specified".
> 
> In the document, would you correct the spelling of "Exectute" or
> would you send a note to the developer. wait for him to fix it, and
> if he does, then make the change in the doc?.
> 
> John Posada
> Senior Technical Writer

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