I think the OP is describing an abstract ideal, but not something that bears out in practice. When navigating old code, or very large code bases, or code weighe

I think the OP is describing an abstract ideal, but not something that bears out in practice. When navigating old code, or very large code bases, or code weighed down by technical debt, or mathematically complex code, or just poorly/hastily written code, finding a comment describing a method's intention provides valuable context.