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[โ€“] Suppoze@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Never understood this argument, it's the person's responsibility who changed the code to update the comments if needed. Otherwise they just implicitly admit that they did not read it or understand the context, or just plain did not care.

[โ€“] sebsch@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

It just never works. Its important documentation breaks if changes are made. The best docs are baked into unittests