Re: [boost] [Boost-bugs] [ boost-Bugs-1588359 ] "Bug" in comment

From: Paul Giaccone (paulg_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-11-01 04:26:46

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> Bugs item #1588359, was opened at 2006-10-31 18:54
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> Status: Open
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> Priority: 5
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> Submitted By: Alexis Wilke (alexis_wilke)
> Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
> Summary: "Bug" in comment
>
> Initial Comment:
> This is very low priority!
>
> Hey guys,
>
> In this file:
>
>   http://boost.org/boost/integer.hpp
>
> there is the following comment which says '9=unsigned
> long' and the code says '9=unsigned char'. Should
> someone get rid of that comment or fix it?
>   

This is somewhat of a code smell. Better, IMO, to get rid of the 
individual comments and to replace them with a single one, saying that 
number "n" stands for type "T" in each line - this is then immune from 
any transcription errors or changes to the code.