[webkit-dev] Please include function-level comments in change log entries

[Hugo Parente Lima]

On Friday, July 06, 2012 11:34:01 AM Per Bothner wrote:
> On 07/06/2012 10:05 AM, Dan Bernstein wrote:
> > It appears that lately most WebCore change log entires don’t include any
> > comments on individual functions. An overall description of the change at
> > the top of the change log entry is valuable, but it is no substitute for
> > describing the changes to each function. Good function-level comments are
> > useful both while reviewing a patch and while revisiting existing code.
> > Personally, I find that writing the function-level comments helps me a
> > lot in reviewing my own patches before I post them.
> You forget there is a WebKit policy of not writing comments
> or otherwise documenting the code.

I think he meant function level comments on ChangeLogs, not on the code 
itself.
 
> Or at least that's what it looks like. :-(
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