Final by default?

[deadalnix]

On Friday, 14 March 2014 at 20:51:09 UTC, monarch_dodra wrote:
> On Friday, 14 March 2014 at 20:45:35 UTC, Paulo Pinto wrote:
>> Am 14.03.2014 19:50, schrieb H. S. Teoh:
>>> The real code had been moved elsewhere, you see, and
>>> whoever moved the code "kindly" decided to leave the old copy 
>>> in the
>>> original file inside an #if 0 block, "for reference", 
>>> whatever that
>>> means. Then silly old me came along expecting the code to 
>>> still be in
>>> the old place, and sure enough it was -- except that 
>>> unbeknownst to me
>>> it's now inside an #if 0 block. Gah!)
>>>
>>>
>>> T
>>>
>>
>>
>> Ouch! I feel your pain.
>>
>> This type of experience is what lead me to fight #ifdef 
>> spaghetti code.
>>
>> --
>> Paulo
>
> I hate code "commented out" in an "#if 0" with a passion. 
> Just... Why?

Because one does not know how to use git.

PS: This sarcastic note also exists with mercurial flavor.