Replace inappropriate wording in code?

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I have a scriptfile from a fellow “programmer” with a debug that contains an inappropriate wording “W-T-F!”…

  1. Is this common? i.e should I just leave it there…
  2. Should I do nothing according to the moral codex -> “coders are responsible for their own code”
  3. change it to something more appropriate like -“ftw” or -“surprise error”

edit: the code in question is under version control, so it is fairly public and trackable for every change and edit.

2

My opinion would be, if its checked in under their name, and would only be exposed to developers (via source code or only within a debugging env), then leave it in. Otherwise, clean it up.

3

I thought I should leave it, if I don’t edit the file. Otherwise I clean it up. Thanks!

A friend told me a story from the late 80’s when computers was all text based, joking and rewriting each others debug with comments like: “you stupid etc etc”… one day the client called in tears. -“the computer told me I was stupid”…so they had to quit joking with each other. :smiley:

4

Sometimes i feel like my own code is indirectly swearing at me when i reread it, line by line. :grin:

5

Maybe there is too much cursing in your code?

All I could think of regarding my own coding is:
-“the man who couldn’t talk to horses”, or -“more debug code than actual code”

… but I don’t swear! :blush: