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[PATCH] Make byte-compiler warn about wide docstrings

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Message #80 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: Sat, 19 Dec 2020 19:14:20 +0200

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
> Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2020 10:50:33 -0600
> Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, 44858 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> AFAICT, the offending lines are the ones containing URLs:
> 
> line 2839:
> 
> `https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1916032&group_id=13357&atid=113357').
> 
> line 2683:
> 
> `https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1916032&group_id=13357&atid=113357').
> 
> I see two issues here:
> 
> a) The URL does not easily break over two lines.  I'm not sure what we
>    should do.  Add a special case to ignore lines with URLs?

If you can detect and ignore long lines that consist entirely of URL,
yes, that would be good.  Otherwise, simply ignore these warnings.

> >> progmodes/cc-engine.el:183:1: Warning: defvar `c-vsemi-status-unknown-p-fn'
> >>     docstring wider than 80 characters
> >
> > I don't see how I can do anything about this one.
> 
> I'm also stomped.  Perhaps we could ask Alan for help with this one.

If he can, sure.

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