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So, what does that have to do with the actual question? Does your commented rant help understand what's going on? Would you comment it in (almost) every time you had to debug the code in question?

nikie
– nikie

2011-02-08 13:31:28 +00:00
Commented Feb 8, 2011 at 13:31
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@nikie the User's title doesn't match the user's question.

George Stocker
– George Stocker

2011-02-08 13:34:43 +00:00
Commented Feb 8, 2011 at 13:34
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For those that missed it (maybe you, @nikie), there is one word in the above that isn't commented, filling the role of "live code" George is talking about. It is the string Yes. at the end of the line about halfway down. The demonstration is what makes this a great answer.

user1717828
– user1717828

2019-03-17 19:01:00 +00:00
Commented Mar 17, 2019 at 19:01

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