What does "who" mean in this context?

Ensorceled · on March 6, 2013

The developer.

I ended up firing a guy because he would not stop littering the code with crap like:

    // 2 lines added by I. Dee Ott Feb 12, 2005
    // increment i
    i++;
    // 1 line removed by I. Dee Ott, Feb 12, 2005
    // i = i + 1;

But also the actor or user role.

    // this function can only be run by admin

Is only true if enforced in some way.

EvilTerran · on March 6, 2013

I'd take that to mean "who wrote the code"; so it's less of a coding style guideline, more coding strategy: "use version control with per-person accounts, so you can tell down the line who made a change".

stcredzero · on March 6, 2013

> I'd take that to mean "who wrote the code"

Which would make sense, except that it's the code itself said to indicate this. Or, does he mean for that to be documented in the RCS?