[watt]

These comments will rot and become confusing/misleading oh so quickly.

It's great that somebody is reviewing every single line of code and probably will catch it when folks modify the code but inevitably forget to update the comment, and it becomes out of sync - becomes misleading.

If the reviewing is not vigilant that's where you end up: you don't know what to trust, the comment or the code. And the code wins, so that _what_ and _how_ type of comment becomes a net negative.

[uberswe]

I see the point. I guess our team just puts the barrier for "useful comment" a bit lower than most other teams. I work with software as a medical device products which has requirements for documentation. Some of this documentation is autogenerated from doc blocks and it is therefore part of the review to also review comments.

I understand that my situation will not reflect the average developer. But it is good to see both points of view.