Actually I like them - IF they are not used excessively.
Often this is a review marker for myself or others... Of course they should not remain in the code for longer than necessary. I usually let maven generate a taglist which I work through regularly. LieGrue, strub ----- Original Message ----- > From: Matthias Wessendorf <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: > Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 4:09 PM > Subject: Re: //X TODO > > FWIW > > http://twitter.com/#!/abailly/status/154506876594290689 > > -M > > On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 10:02 PM, Jason Porter <[email protected]> > wrote: >> +1 >> >> On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 02:57, Gerhard Petracek >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> +1 >>> >>> regards, >>> gerhard >>> >>> >>> >>> 2011/12/28 Mark Struberg <[email protected]> >>> >>> > Hi! >>> > >>> > Whenever you spot the following sequence in a class: >>> > >>> > //X TODO some comment about the 'why' >>> > >>> > >>> > then it means that there is some unfinished stuff lying around... >>> > >>> > I'd say we now start adding stuff and mark all parts which > cause >>> > sentiments with such a comment and clean this mess up in a 2nd > step >>> later. >>> > >>> > LieGrue, >>> > strub >>> > >>> > >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Jason Porter >> http://lightguard-jp.blogspot.com >> http://twitter.com/lightguardjp >> >> Software Engineer >> Open Source Advocate >> Author of Seam Catch - Next Generation Java Exception Handling >> >> PGP key id: 926CCFF5 >> PGP key available at: keyserver.net, pgp.mit.edu > > > > -- > Matthias Wessendorf > > blog: http://matthiaswessendorf.wordpress.com/ > sessions: http://www.slideshare.net/mwessendorf > twitter: http://twitter.com/mwessendorf >
