Lines of commented-out code in files¶
ID: java/lines-of-commented-out-code-in-files
Kind: treemap
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Tags:
- maintainability
- documentation
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This metric counts the number of lines of commented-out code in each file. Large amounts of commented-out code often indicate poorly maintained code.
References¶
- Mark Needham: The danger of commenting out code.
- Los Techies: Commented Code == Technical Debt.
- High Integrity C++ Coding Standard: 2.3.2 Do not comment out code.