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From: "Chad R. Meiners" <crmeiners@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Comments at the End of Lines
Date: 1999/07/03
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> You'll have a hard time persuading me that you need comments on separate
> lines for the following code (declarations).
>
>   pieceLength  : Float; -- inches
>   pieceArea     : Float; -- square feet
>   pieceVolume : Float; -- cubic feet
>
> SteveD

Wouldn't it be better to declare ADT's for the units of measurement?  You
could then write the declarations like this:

pieceLength   : Inches;
pieceArea      : Square_Feet;
pieceVolume  : Cubic_Feet;

You then can have proper type check since I cannot think of a reason why you
would want to assign a volume to  length.  Not to mention that the remarks
are now unnecessary.

-Chad R. Meiners