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Do you use C# style XML comments when programming?   [Edit]

Survey period: 9 May 2005 to 15 May 2005

XML comments make documentation easy and they don't have to be reserved for C# only. Regardless of your programming language, do you use XML comments? (suggested by Matthias Steinbart)

OptionVotes% 
I don't use C# and don't use XML comments at all41032.83
I use C# and don't use them at all20916.73
I only provide summaries15512.41
I provide summaries, return values and parameters37029.62
I provide everything including fully formatted remarks, examples and exception tags.1058.41



 
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Kevin McFarlane11-May-05 9:30
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Roland Bär12-May-05 1:15
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Bob Stanneveld12-May-05 22:13
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Roland Bär wrote:
If it would be possible to validate the comments to the code it would be a small step to generate the comments out of the code, so you don't need the comments anymore.....

And another small step would be to generate the code out of the comments! Big Grin | :-D

I also got the blogging virus..[^]
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David Wulff9-May-05 3:23
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Anna-Jayne Metcalfe9-May-05 5:49
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Jim A. Johnson9-May-05 7:04
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Shog99-May-05 10:43
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GeneralI provide summaries, return values and parameters ... Pin
Roland Bär8-May-05 21:49
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David Wulff9-May-05 3:16
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Ray Cassick9-May-05 7:23
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David Wulff9-May-05 7:29
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Blake Miller10-May-05 4:16
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David Wulff10-May-05 5:26
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