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this post was submitted on 21 Oct 2024
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I think overusing comments is a non-issue. I'd rather have over-commented code that doesn't need it, over undocumented code without comments that needs them. If this over-commenting causes some comments to be out of date, those instances should hopefully be obvious from the code itself or the other comments and easily fixed.
I understand what you're saying and I mostly agree, but those few instances where a line of code is only slightly different and the comment is the same, can really be confusing.