rust-lang / rust-lang/reference

Slowly convert reference to one sentence is one line

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Description

Instead of wrapping paragraphs at 80 characters, each sentence should be on one line.

There's not enough bandwidth to convert the entire reference at once, so PRs that touch a page substantially should switch the style. Do not allow mixed style on the same page; either do an entire page or none at all. Also, do so as a separate commit so it doesn't drown out other changes. Maybe even send in a PR that just does that and send in the substantial change based on the commit of that PR.

  • Update the style guide. #980

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the style guide update referenced in #980 and identify Reference pages that still wrap paragraphs at 80 characters. Convert a complete page rather than mixing styles, and keep the formatting work in a separate commit; done means the selected page consistently uses one sentence per line.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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