does an incorrect comment smell?
I just had a situation where I was reading some code while working on a bug and I noticed an incorrect comment (the code did not do what the comment said it did).  I just thought "hmm, ok" and went on working on the bug.  About an hour later I was back at that line of code, having determined that it had caused the bug.  In fact, if the code had really done what the comment said it did, then the bug would not have occurred.

I'm wondering if that was just a coincidence or if I should have focussed on that inconsistency right away.
does an incorrect comment smell?
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I just had a situation where I was reading some code while working on a bug and I noticed an incorrect comment (the code did not do what the comment said it did).  I just thought "hmm, ok" and went on working on the bug.  About an hour later I was back at that line of code, having determined that it had caused the bug.  In fact, if the code had really done what the comment said it did, then the bug would not have occurred.

I'm wondering if that was just a coincidence or if I should have focussed on that inconsistency right away.