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bug#66264: Disable warning about wide doc strings by default
From: |
Richard Stallman |
Subject: |
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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Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org)
Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org)
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