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In some(!) cases it totally makes sense to provide a hint for the person who might read the source code and wonder why there is a certain 'void' recognisable in the code, because it has been designed around another piece of code or data that is no longer there. Better to keep a short comment in the source file for readers to stumble over, and then via blame it's easy to read up on the whole history in version control.



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