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From: bill@twwells.uucp (T. William Wells)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Program Errors and developement environment
Message-ID: <792@twwells.uucp>
Date: 24 Mar 89 19:12:11 GMT
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In article <WJC.89Mar15083903@hoswjc.ho5cad.ATT.COM> wjc!ho5cad.att.com (Bill Carpenter) writes:
: In article <782@twwells.uucp> bill@twwells.uucp (T. William Wells) writes:
: >
: >     [much crufty code]
: > #ifdef notdef
: >     [much crufty code commented out]
: > #endif
: >     [much more crufty code]
:
: I also use this method because I think it is safer than /**/.  One
: suggestion, though, is to use "#if 0 /* reason */".  When I'm looking
: at someone else's code or my own old code, if I see "#ifdef notdef",
: I'll spend a little time trying to find out if there's any occasion
: when it might be defined.  I hope "#if 0" is obvious enough; it is for
: me.

When I use '#ifdef notdef' I always remove it before the code leaves
my hands.  I use `notdef' on #ifs so that I can easily find them
before release.

If I do need to keep #ifdefed code in the release, it gets a
meaningful name on the #ifdef.

---
Bill
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(BTW, I'm going to be looking for a new job sometime in the next
few months.  If you know of a good one, do send me e-mail.)