Description Mike M 2008-12-10 18:25:14 EST

Build ID: M20080911-1700

The "Inline local variable" refactoring removes comments that appear on the line(s) before the variable in question.

For example:

public void method()
{
    // Another
    // Comment
    int x = 4;
    int y = x;
}

This results in the following after inlining 'x':

public void method()
{
    int y = 4;
}

Sometimes comments before variables are attached to them, and it makes sense to delete them.  But more often, the comments are useful in their own right, and should not be deleted. The user can delete them if necessary later.

This problem is somewhat dangerous, because if you're not paying attention, comments get deleted but you don't notice until much later.