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2. Why should comments or printf statements affect the build? When it compiles with them, why shouldn't it compile without them?
3. the commits might be temporary and get squashed anyway
1. CI
2. Why should comments or printf statements affect the build? When it compiles with them, why shouldn't it compile without them?
3. the commits might be temporary and get squashed anyway
1. Not a very good reason. Some projects might have slow CIs. Some projects might not have a CI at all. Some project's CI might not be checking everything (front end for example)..
2. Because people make mistakes. You might think you are only excluding a comment, but might be excluding something that is required by mistake.