It won't be covered in the book. The source code has to be useful for something, after all... :-)
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The source code must be useful, so it won’t be omitted from the book.
- In plain terms
- Useful code is always documented.
- What can you take from it?
- Make code purposeful and readable.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What makes code useful enough to document?
- How do you balance brevity and clarity?
Another view
Not all useful code gets proper documentation.
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