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How to put invisible comment in included file?

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Description

Over at ruby/ruby/doc/examples/files.rdoc, we have some code that supports examples in IO, File, and now Pathname.

File files.rdoc is included elsewhere.

I'd like to put into it an invisible warning (comment) about changing the file, since others depend upon it so closely.

I've tried :stopdoc:/:startdoc: and =begin/=end. Even an HTML-style comment like .

Is there some way to make an invisible comment in an included .rdoc file.

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Start with ruby/ruby/doc/examples/files.rdoc and inspect how RDoc handles the attempted :stopdoc:/:startdoc:, =begin/=end, and HTML-style comment forms in included .rdoc files. Determine whether an existing syntax can hide the warning while preserving the included examples, or what behavior a supported solution should have; done means the warning is absent from generated documentation without affecting the examples.

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Tech stack
ruby
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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