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* Always use `/* */` block comments
* Use the same message everywhere, rather than sometimes prefixing
with "some"
When I first read rustdoc docs, I was confused why the fields were being
omitted. It was only later that I realized it was because they were
private. It's also always bothered me that rustdoc sometimes uses `//`
and sometimes uses `/*` comments for these messages, so this change
makes them all use `/*`.
Technically, I think fields can be omitted if they are public but
`doc(hidden)` too, but `doc(hidden)` is analogous to privacy. It's
really just used to emulate "doc privacy" when -- because of technical
limitations -- an item has to be public. So I think it's fine to include
this under the category of "private fields".
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Great idea, thanks for pursuing this. To briefly bikeshed: what do you
think of saying "all fields private," and "some fields private" when
appropriate? It seems slightly clearer to me, though the version in this PR
is also a nice improvement.
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Nah, let's go ahead with "private fields." @bors r+ rollup |
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Just so you know, this is what it looks like when only some fields are private:
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rustdoc: Display "private fields" instead of "fields omitted"
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* Always use `/* */` block comments
* Use the same message everywhere, rather than sometimes prefixing
with "some"
When I first read rustdoc docs, I was confused why the fields were being
omitted. It was only later that I realized it was because they were
private. It's also always bothered me that rustdoc sometimes uses `//`
and sometimes uses `/*` comments for these messages, so this change
makes them all use `/*`.
Technically, I think fields can be omitted if they are public but
`doc(hidden)` too, but `doc(hidden)` is analogous to privacy. It's
really just used to emulate "doc privacy" when -- because of technical
limitations -- an item has to be public. So I think it's fine to include
this under the category of "private fields".
r? `@jsha`
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rustdoc: Display "private fields" instead of "fields omitted"
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* Always use `/* */` block comments
* Use the same message everywhere, rather than sometimes prefixing
with "some"
When I first read rustdoc docs, I was confused why the fields were being
omitted. It was only later that I realized it was because they were
private. It's also always bothered me that rustdoc sometimes uses `//`
and sometimes uses `/*` comments for these messages, so this change
makes them all use `/*`.
Technically, I think fields can be omitted if they are public but
`doc(hidden)` too, but `doc(hidden)` is analogous to privacy. It's
really just used to emulate "doc privacy" when -- because of technical
limitations -- an item has to be public. So I think it's fine to include
this under the category of "private fields".
r? ``@jsha``
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…askrgr Rollup of 14 pull requests Successful merges: - rust-lang#92328 (Tweak sentence in `transmute` docs) - rust-lang#92432 (Error when selected impl is not const in constck) - rust-lang#92506 (Document Box<T> FFI guarantee in 1.41.0 release notes) - rust-lang#92699 (rustdoc: Display "private fields" instead of "fields omitted") - rust-lang#92703 (RELEASES.md: Add 1.58 release note for `File::options` stabilization) - rust-lang#92707 (Extended the note on the use of `no_run` attribute) - rust-lang#92709 (Improve documentation for File::options to give a more likely example) - rust-lang#92720 (Fix doc formatting for time.rs) - rust-lang#92732 (Add note about upstream commit musl-patch-configure.diff is derived from) - rust-lang#92742 (Add missing suffix for sidebar-items script path) - rust-lang#92748 (Eliminate "boxed" wording in `std::error::Error` documentation) - rust-lang#92754 (Update AsmArgs field visibility for rustfmt) - rust-lang#92756 (:arrow_up: rust-analyzer) - rust-lang#92764 (Fix rust logo style) Failed merges: r? `@ghost` `@rustbot` modify labels: rollup
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/* */block commentswith "some"
When I first read rustdoc docs, I was confused why the fields were being
omitted. It was only later that I realized it was because they were
private. It's also always bothered me that rustdoc sometimes uses
//and sometimes uses
/*comments for these messages, so this changemakes them all use
/*.Technically, I think fields can be omitted if they are public but
doc(hidden)too, butdoc(hidden)is analogous to privacy. It'sreally just used to emulate "doc privacy" when -- because of technical
limitations -- an item has to be public. So I think it's fine to include
this under the category of "private fields".
r? @jsha