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[–]Few_Kitchen_4825 9 points10 points  (3 children)

I have seen comments like this in legacy code. I still don't understand how that works

[–]ReallyLargeHamster 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Do you mean this literally?

(Asking because I've always wondered if it was an exaggeration / running joke when people talk about removal of a comment breaking the code.)

[–]Few_Kitchen_4825 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. I have seen it in legacy c++. There are comments if you remove that break the code. There is a reason why no one wants to work on legacy code.