Comments on: Task List comments in Visual Studio

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:26:18 +0000

For some reason VB.NET will show tasks from files that aren’t currently open but other languages (C#) only show tasks from open files. I’ve also found that C# won’t show lines that are preprocessed out (I don’t know if this is the case for other languages).
For example, if you have
#if DEBUG
// HACK: do not release!
veryBadMethod();
#else
// TODO: figure out an alternative to veryBadMethod()
#error no replacement yet for veryBadMethod()
#endif
The “HACK” comment in DEBUG will only show when the active configuration is debug, and the TODO will only show when the active configuration is release

By: Ivan

Ivan — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:47:35 +0000

I just wish you didn’t have to actually OPEN the file to view the comments in the task list. I wish I could have an option to view all.

By: theanti9

theanti9 — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:56:18 +0000

i agree with vaughany, that is quite useful

By: vaughany

vaughany — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:22:18 +0000

That’s a damn good tip for a n00b like myself.

By: Will Asrari

Will Asrari — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:23:13 +0000

KLUDGE or KLUGE are good ones for custom comments. Pretty much the same as HACK.