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		rootlocus on July 7, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Open source code with profanity in comments is sta... `def group_by_interval(timestamps, interval_duration) # do the stuff` Why does this require a comment?

danans on July 7, 2023 [–]

Who said require? I said it's nice to any future reader explain the algorithm if the implementation is complex. I've certainly benefited from such explanations in code.

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