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

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Message #20 received at 66264-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 66264-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com, raman <at> google.com
Subject: Re: bug#66264: Disable warning about wide doc strings by default
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2025 01:19:38 +0000

Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org> writes:

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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.

FWIW, I'd be in favor of making this change.

However, it seems like we don't have a consensus on this, so I don't
think we'll make much more progress here.  I'm therefore closing this
bug report.  Sorry.

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