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Code Snippets in Google Results

I’ve just noticed that code snippets are appearing in the search results in google. The code snippets come from code search division of Google labs.

Although this is pretty cool, will it add any value to the search results? Usually when you google for the a function more often that not you are looking for the parameters, return value or the behavior of this function. One thing that if will add is that users will be able to look at quality code. Google for sprintf, sscanf and printf and you will see code snippets from some really beautiful code. They show you the proper way to comment, structure and name your variables.