Comment in Grail source code

Juergen A. Erhard jae at ilk.de
Sat Oct 30 20:22:20 EDT 1999


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>>>>> "BAW" == Barry A Warsaw <bwarsaw at cnri.reston.va.us> writes:

>>>>> "JS" == Jason Stokes <jstok at bluedog.apana.org.au> writes:

    JS> Is "TBD" a common abbreviation in source code?  Does it mean
    JS> "To Be Done?"

    BAW> It is for that warped BAW guy!  Guido uses XXX to mark things
    BAW> that should be addressed later (and you thought the Python
    BAW> Video connection was just coincidence).  I picked up TBD (To
    BAW> Be Decided, or Determined, or Done) from a previous employer,
    BAW> and sometimes use it when I'm feeling more prudish.

The common (in GNU land at least) marker seems to be FIXME:

I tend to use that... and NOTE: for things of note, while PONDER: is
used for TBDecided ;-)

Bye, J

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