modifying BaseController.php for libraries

I am trying to autoload libraries in BaseController.php. Is DoNotEditThisLine really just a comment?


public function initController(RequestInterface $request, ResponseInterface $response, LoggerInterface $logger)
    {
        // Do Not Edit This Line
        parent::initController($request, $response, $logger);   <<this line is causing an error. Is this really just a comment?

        // Preload any models, libraries, etc, here.
        protected $libraries=[
        'grocery_CRUD',
        'email',
        'image_lib',
        'image_CRUD',
        'ftp',
        'form_validation'
    ];
    }

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You cannot remove the line "parent::initController($request, $response, $logger);".
If you do it, Controllers won't work.

You cannot use "protected" keyword in class methods in PHP.

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