Re: commenting, was Re: Use of declare blocks

[Simon Wright <simon.j.wright@mac.com>]

tmoran@acm.org writes:

> But then a few years later, on some newer project, I recall "I once
> did a program that did much of what I need now, I wonder where that
> old program might be."  I'd like to either know that program is
> definitely long gone, don't waste time looking for it, or else have
> a file description that lets me easily find it, and internal
> documentation that makes it easy to refresh my memory, to help with
> today's project.

Descriptive comments (including key words) in the file can be found by
tools like Spotlight. That would get you to the right area on the disk.

In my case the problem is often that the disk was in a machine that's
gone to recycling ...