donpark in Technical June 8, 2004 44 Words Smart TODO Patent Automatic handling of TODO comments in source code is something Eclipse has been doing for a while now but Microsoft has been granted a patent the feature. The patent was filed on March 6, 2000. I forget when Eclipse had the smart TODO feature. Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Like Loading...