> On Jan 16, 2017, at 09:28, Amir Michail via swift-evolution 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Why not replace all Swift comments by end notes at the end of each source 
> file so as to minimize the impact of misleading/outdated comments on code 
> comprehension?
> 
> You don’t necessarily need to scroll to the end of the source file to read a 
> referenced end note in the code since the IDE could show a popup whenever the 
> mouse pointer lingers over an end note reference (e.g., a number/label).
> 
> Maybe this would encourage programmers to write more self-explanatory code 
> while keeping (end note) comments to a minimum?

This seems like more of an IDE issue than a language issue.

- Dave Sweeris 
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