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Add rustdoc comments to all public APIs #5870

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DonIsaac opened this issue Sep 19, 2024 · 1 comment
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Add rustdoc comments to all public APIs #5870

DonIsaac opened this issue Sep 19, 2024 · 1 comment
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DonIsaac commented Sep 19, 2024

Good documentation is a critical part of promoting adoption from other projects. If users cannot understand how to use our tools, odds are they wont. We should document as much of our public API as possible. At the very least, all mostly-stable APIs should have examples and descriptions on how to use them.

We have a lot of great examples, but many options and return structures are missing descriptions. Plenty of business logic is also missing descriptions.

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These are, in my opinion, the crates that are most important to document right now

Basically, if it's used anywhere from reading a file -> parsing -> transforming -> printing, then it is a high-priority candidate.

@DonIsaac DonIsaac added good first issue Experience Level - Good for newcomers C-docs Category - Documentation. Related to user-facing or internal documentation labels Sep 19, 2024
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overlookmotel commented Sep 19, 2024

Just to add, documentation on internal APIs is also helpful - not just for new contributors, but also for the core team. I often find myself a bit lost in areas of codebase I've not been in for a while. Obviously, public API is higher priority, though.

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