XXX

[Tim Hammerquist]

Richard Jones <richard at bizarsoftware.com.au> graced us by uttering:
> On Wednesday 12 December 2001 1:16 pm, Brian Lee wrote:
>> I'm newbie at Python programming. Sometimes I read ``XXX''
>> character as comments in Python source code file. Does that
>> mean something special?
> 
> Generally it's a placeholder that indicates that some attention is required 
> somewhere down the track when enough tuits (round) are available.
> 
> Personally I use "TODO: " to mark such things, though vim highlights both as 
> special in its syntax highlighting.

"XXX" has also been used to identify an email, particularly in an AOL
mailbox.  ;)

Tim Hammerquist
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