rust-lang / rust-lang/rustc-dev-guide

The text of the guide should not be included as code comments

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Description

For instance, here https://rustc-dev-guide.rust-lang.org/compiler-debugging.html#getting-a-backtrace-for-errors we have a comment that says $ # Now, where does the error above come from? I guess we should take that out from comments and place that into regular text. There are probably more uses like that.

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Research direction

Start with the compiler-debugging guide section linked in the issue and inspect how the example comment is represented in the guide source. Search for other guide text embedded in code comments, move those passages into regular prose, and verify that the rendered examples still make sense.

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Assessment

Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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