I always use

* JJ - DEBUG - START

Code block

* JJ - DEBUG - END

Then change it to my standard defect comment when I'm ready to check stuff into source control. Helps me find stuff I'm working on.


>I do pretty much the same - I comment out pieces of code, and wait about a dozen iterations before deleting stuff. I also write a comment explaining why is this commented out, so when the time comes to clean up, I know why was it there, and why (or whether) it should vanish.
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>As for the !!! - accidentally, I've done exactly that today for the first time; my traditional mark was $$. Another habit is one I picked from Steven Black:
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>*!* !!! KLUDGE ALERT !!!
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>He uses that (albeit he spells it "KLUGE") for special cases when there's a need for a nasty workaround, going against the framework, or there's a hotfix patch which would need to be done right once time permits. And, of course, there's a matching "END ALERT" comment after that block of code.