>Hi,
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>I wonder if a commented code adds to the size of the .EXE? My guess is that since the commented code increases the size of the .VCT file (of the class library where the code resides) it has to affect the .EXE; that is, it has to increase its size. Does it make sense?
I did a little test. I added a method to one of the classes in a class library. Then I added about 200 lines of text and commented this text. The size of the .VCT file increased by about 20,000 bytes. Then I rebuild the .EXE file. And the size of the .EXE went up about 200 bytes. This is good. So increase of commented code or text does not greatly affect the size of the .EXE.
The reason I asked the question is write a lot of descriptions in my class files (for documentation). I want to keep the descriptions as close to the code as possible (since I will forget where I wrote it <g>). And my concern was that by writing these descriptions I cause the .EXE to grow too much.
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