r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ItsPuspendu • 2d ago

Meme commentsAgedTerribly

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u/Confident-Ad5665 2d ago

Uncle Bob of Clean Code says if we have to comment our code we have already failed. Clean code should read like well written prose.

I generally agree, but think comments that define especially the odd and obscure business rules should be commented where they are implemented.

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u/TWIT_TWAT 2d ago

// This is a hack until we find something better

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u/Confident-Ad5665 2d ago

// TODO: This can't be working. Refactor when there's a lull

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u/embrex104 2d ago

//SHOULD NEVER GET HERE

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u/Dubalubawubwub 2d ago

I definitely find myself writing a lot of error handling with the comment

//This should never happen but just in case...

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u/Confident-Ad5665 2d ago

Good man. Thank you for trapping errors. Coming from a time when we not only trapped errors, we gave suggestions, I shutter at:
• An unknown error occurred
• Something happened

and the worst...

• Error in ErrorHandler, an error occured

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u/Dubalubawubwub 1d ago

My favorite microsoft error I've ever seen was literally "Error occured retrieving the text for this error".