triple quoted strings as comments

[Jorgen Grahn]

On 6 Feb 2006 12:53:53 GMT, Volker Grabsch <volker_grabsch at v.notjusthosting.com> wrote:
> Jorgen Grahn wrote:
>>>> [...] developer had 
>>>> commented out about 50 lines of C++ code by just putting a /* at the top 
>>>> and a */ at the bottom.
> [...]
>> ("#if 0" in C and C++ are better choices, but only marginally. Best is to
>> remove the code unless you are sure it's needed again soon. Works in all
>> languages.)
>
> However, I'd only advise to do this if you are using a revision control.

But surely, everybody's using revision control these days?
(Feel free to smile at my naivety now ;-)

/Jorgen

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