Compiling code when only the comments change

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Published on 2010-05-25T14:38:06Z Indexed on 2010/05/25 14:41 UTC
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Do you compile your code before committing it to the repository, even when you only change a few comments? I know comments are typically ignored by compilers, but I find myself doing this often out of habit.

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