GNU bug report logs - #66264
Disable warning about wide doc strings by default

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Message #11 received at 66264 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com, 66264 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefankangas <at> gmail.com,
 raman <at> google.com
Subject: Re: bug#66264: Disable warning about wide doc strings by default
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2023 04:17:42 -0400

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  > > This is a proposal to disable the warning about doc string line length by default.

  > Thanks, but I'm against this change.  It has been, and continues to
  > be, tremendously useful in making sure our doc strings are in a good
  > shape.

I agree.  The point of a warning is to remind programmers to write
things the way that will give good results, and the width of a doc
string is part of what determines whether it gives good results
when users look at it.

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