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Documentation
Posted Mar 20, 2022 0:52 UTC (Sun) by wblew (subscriber, #39088)In reply to: Documentation by tialaramex
Parent article: Donenfeld: Random number generator enhancements for Linux 5.17 and 5.18
> Comments however are the last resort, because we're writing code which inherently _has_ meaning.
The code cannot answer two critical questions about itself...
A) WHY the code does its thing.
B) What was intended, as contrasted with what the code actually does.
Without knowing A it's difficult to change the code with confidence.
Without knowing B it's difficult to know what is a defect and what is intentional behaviour.