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[PATCH] Make byte-compiler warn about wide docstrings

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Message #41 received at 44858 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 44858 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, larsi <at> gnus.org
Subject: Re: bug#44858: [PATCH] Make byte-compiler warn about wide docstrings
Date: Sun, 06 Dec 2020 13:19:31 +0200

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
> Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2020 05:09:45 -0600
> Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, 44858 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Using 3 is not significantly better than 1, as the above numbers show.
> But we do risk more false positives.  My preference is therefore still
> the safer 1, as it will give no false positives.
> 
> We could start with 3 or 1 and adjust later as we learn more about how
> this heuristic works in practice.  I don't have a very strong opinion,
> as I think we will learn more in due time.
> 
> WDYT?

Since 3 gives the same number of warnings, and since it covers 3 times
as many keys as 1, I prefer to use 3.

Thanks.

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