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Bill is a pro grammer (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 9 months ago by CowsLookLikeMaps@sh.itjust.works to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I’ve seen it.

OK, so let's hear your story about how misleading comments caused a major (or even a minor) problem.

[–] magic_lobster_party@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

One example was when a method's documentation said that it would throw a certain exception. Turns out it was actually throwing a different exception (deep into the code), so no wonder why we never captured it in time.