问:“你遇到过的源代码中最好的注释是什么?”

A:很简单——就是那个帮我解决了我当时遇到的任何问题的人，而且有很多这样的人!

其次是那些帮助指导新开发避免已知陷阱的方法。

事实上，有一天我在一些代码上看到了这个，这些代码是在截止日期很急的时候写的。

//This was clearly written under duress

# dont question, i just felt like throwing some globals in
# this is actually quite pointless as youll soon see

稍后在代码中

#draw the circles (complicated)...dont question

更晚…

# complicated process of drawing the circles in a
# somewhat symmetrical, 3-d pattern
# dont question again

甚至以后……

# will determine if user clicks on die
# i determined these values...dont worry about them

/* FIXME This must absolutely be removed before 4.0.7 release
 * TODO really remove this */

我们已经发布了4.0.7,4.0.8,4.0.9和4.1版本…

// haack, phil haack

and:

/* hack, hack, hack, hack, hack hack, hack, hack
 * hackity hack, oh wonderful hacks
 * wonderful hacks, oh wonderful hack, hack, hack
 * hack hack hack... and spam 
 */

编辑:刚刚在我的一些代码中发现了这个(项目希望保持匿名):

// yikes, we need to:
/*
 *       o
 *      -|-     < US CROSSING PLATFORM
 *       |\ 
 ************************************************
 *       |          ^ PLATFORM           |
 *       |                           T   |
 *       |                      TROLL^   |
 */
// right now:
/*
 *   o ./_  | 
 *  -|-[]\  |  (_'_) () (\) | ) \|/ (S) < WALL
 *   |\     |    ^ FRIENDLY MESSAGE FROM YOUR FRIENDS AT MICROSOFT
 *  ***********************************************
 *        | ^PLATFORM                       |
 *      ^ SPRAY CAN (IN HAND)
 */
public static class DefaultFonts
{
    public static string SansSerifPath
    {
        get { return @"C:\Windows\Fonts\arial.ttf"; }
    }
    public static string SerifPath
    {
        get { return @"C:\Windows\Fonts\times.ttf"; }
    }
    public static string MonospacePath
    {
        get { return @"C:\Windows\Fonts\courier.ttf"; }
    }
}

我好喜欢双关语。

// TODO: not this

上面写了一个同事迫切需要优化的查询。替他说句话，当时我们几个月都是每周工作70个小时……