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by Lockyy 1588 days ago
This is why I am so grateful for GitHub reviews; Being able to group comments to fire off all at once has saved me from this multiple times as I continue reading, realise something, and remove a previous comment.

In fact you reminded me of the technique right now to check the responses and make sure nobody else had already said this!

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On the other hand, someone coming after you might read the code in the same order and have the same wtf moment. They may even never find that later piece you saw in the review. So at the least it should still be a signal to the Author that it appears strange.
I also really like this feature of GitHub reviews and when deleting a comment as I continue reading I try to question whether to add a code comment so the next person doesn't get tripped up because they don't have the full context in their head.