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jtdev on Sept 10, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Go modules have a v2+ problem

Code never lies, documentation/comments/etc. sometimes do.

bxparks on Sept 10, 2020 [–]

Code can be wrong. Documentation/comment can explain what the code was supposed to do.

bostik on Sept 10, 2020 | [–]

> was

There's the important bit. Code can be wrong, but it gets less out of date than its comments.

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