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Bill is a pro grammer (sh.itjust.works)
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[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I’ve seen it.

OK, so let's hear your story about how misleading comments caused a major (or even a minor) problem.

[-] magic_lobster_party@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

One example was when a method's documentation said that it would throw a certain exception. Turns out it was actually throwing a different exception (deep into the code), so no wonder why we never captured it in time.

this post was submitted on 26 Nov 2023
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