On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Alexey Proskuryakov <a...@webkit.org> wrote:
> Do you have any specific mechanism in mind for keeping global comments > accurate? No more than I have for keeping API usage or function implementations correct; that is, if we have comments, they must be as important to reviewers and patch authors as the code is. > Personally, I expect that adding such comments will make the barrier for > entry higher in practice, as one would have to deal with lies. At least for me, WebKit subsystems have always been much harder to learn than equivalent-complexity Chromium subsystems (in Chromium we strongly encourage comments, and our style guide mandates at least class-level ones). I have heard this sentiment echoed by others but I can't say whether it's a majority viewpoint. No system is perfect, but I have not found out-of-date comments in Chromium to be a big problem, presumably because the culture prods people to keep them up to date. PK
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