Bob Barr wrote:
> > Commenting does not help much if the developer is to
> > maintain an application.
>
> I have to disagree on this point. It is only true (and
> then only to a limited extent) for a program that's
> undergoing active development.
> Over time, many of the things that are readily apparent
> to you now will become vague recollections of your orginal
> thinking.
>
> Believe me, it's tremendously frustating and time-consuming
> to have to re-create the mindset that you had some six
> months or a year ago when you return to modify some old
> code from yesteryear.


My post was a bit vague, sorry.
I do have separate doc with my "mindset that I had some six
 months or a year ago"

Regards,

Mike.

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