Re: commenting source code
Bo Persson wrote:
josh wrote:
:: On 3 Gen, 09:12, Kira Yamato <kira...@earthlink.net> wrote:
::: On 2008-01-02 10:44:02 -0500, josh <xdevel1...@gmail.com> said:
:::
:::: Hi,
:::
:::: I wish to write comments to my source code using a technology
:::: like JavaDoc.
:::
::: Comments? Pshh... If you need to comment your code, then you're
::: not writing good code. Good code will always "self-document"
::: itself.
:::
::: *runs and ducks for cover from incoming flames*
:::
::: --
:::
::: -kira
::
:: yes ... but, in my opinion, it's important to comment methods
:: saying what they do, their params and so on....
:: if you look at some professional code source (pick them from
:: sourceforge) you'll see some comments......
The point right here is rather that you could *name* the functions,
saying what they do.
Instead of writing this:
* @param h hour
* @param m minute
explaining that h means hour and m means minute, why not just call the
parameters hour and minute?
Because often you need to document constraints, units, etc... for the
*users* of your code. IMHO Doxygen/Javadoc/etc are to provide interface
documentation for the end-user, not to provide internal documentation.
The example was perhaps not the best.
Consider:
* @param velocity in miles per second
* @param seconds to range from 0 to 32 seconds.
How do you convey that information in just the parameter name?
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