GNU bug report logs - #44858
[PATCH] Make byte-compiler warn about wide docstrings

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 44858 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, larsi <at> gnus.org
Subject: bug#44858: [PATCH] Make byte-compiler warn about wide docstrings
Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2020 08:54:23 -0800 (PST)

(FWIW, I'm not convinced this is very helpful.)

But if you do add this, please consider letting
the message provide the actual longest-line
length.

Someone concerned with fixing long doc-string
lines might be more concerned with fixing one
with, say, 179 chars than one with, say, 82.

Presumably the actual longest-line length is
available for the message.  Why not show it?

Or maybe not.  If your code finds only the
first line that's > 80 chars then it won't
help as much.  Doc strings are typically
fairly short.  Looking for the max line
length isn't very expensive.

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