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Function names are comments, and have similar failure modes.

• gilbetron 5y ago
  Comments that are limited to only a 2 or 3 dozen characters at most, so worse than comments ime.
  • nojokes 5y ago
    You can put your prose at the top of the function if you really need to explain it more. :)
• ric2b 5y ago
  But it's easier to notice they're outdated, because you don't see them only when looking at the implementation.