GNU bug report logs - #65790
29.1; "docstring wider than 80 characters" when there is no docstring

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Damien Cassou <damien <at> cassou.me>

Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2023 19:10:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 29.1

Fixed in version 30.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Damien Cassou <damien <at> cassou.me>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>, 65790 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#65790: 29.1; "docstring wider than 80 characters" when there is no docstring
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2023 11:33:01 +0200

Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com> writes:
> Yes, it would be nice not to get that warning.  I fixed many such
> problems when I first added the warning about long docstrings.
>
> Patches welcome.


The only patch I can think of would change the macro so that the
docstring references each name on a line of its own. This way, we would
only get a warning if the name itself is more than 80 characters. Would
that be a reasonable patch for you?


> PS. As a work-around, you can set `byte-compile-docstring-max-column'.

Thank you for this.

-- 
Damien Cassou

"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another without
losing enthusiasm." --Winston Churchill
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