I have seen this a lot in code, even vim marks it as a special case. #TODO
and #FIXME
are two other fix markers vim highlights but what does #XXX
mean?
What Does :/ Mean? :/ is an emoticon used to indicate indecision, skepticism, exasperation, and annoyance. The emoticon :/ is one of the most difficult to define. It can indicate a wide range of emotions, including (but not limited to) indecision, skepticism, exasperation, and annoyance.
Definition of a number of : more than two but fewer than many : several There are a number of different options to choose from.
XXX
in a comment is usually a heads-up. It could be:
I've often preferred a more descriptive tag like FIXME
or TODO
or HACK
. XXX
is often used as a catch all for the above.
Searching for 'XXX' on the FreeBSD code cross reference is a good example of many of the uses. There are thousands...
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