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annnnd on Feb 25, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: `three = 1` in the linux sourcecode

In this case I think it is not about comment at all - it is about poor naming. More descriptive (or less misleading) var names would help in this case.

spinlock on Feb 25, 2014 [–]

I agree. 'power_of_three' isn't really that much of a hardship to type and it obviates the need for a comment.

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