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> You don't have to use them.

> I don't see what these kinds of comments add.

I think you've missed something from those comments.

Scenario: You're looking at a screenshot of someone else's code (from documentation, blog post, video, etc...). You see a ligature you're not familiar with. Now you cannot follow the rest of the information.

Question: What do you do?



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