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Guidelines for writing Rust documentation. Use this when you want to write Rust documentation.

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Rust Docs Guidelines

Standards to follow when writing Rust documentation.

Guidelines

  • Key concepts should be explained only once. All other documentation should use an intra-documentation link to the first explanation.
  • Always use an intra-documentation link when mentioning a Rust symbol (type, function, constant, etc.).
  • Avoid referring to specific lines or line ranges, as they may change over time. Use line comments if the documentation needs to be attached to a specific code section inside a function/method body.
  • Focus on why, not how. In particular, avoid explaining trivial implementation details in line comments.
  • Refer to constants using intra-documentation links. Don't hard-code their values in the documentation of other items.
  • Intra-documentation links to private items are preferable to duplication. Add #[allow(rustdoc::private_intra_doc_links)] where relevant.