Commit 6095ff38 authored by Rob Pike's avatar Rob Pike

Effective Go: stress that comments are uninterpreted text

that should look in godoc.

R=rsc, dsymonds
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/4192041
parent eb868815
......@@ -194,9 +194,13 @@ Comments do not need extra formatting such as banners of stars.
The generated output may not even be presented in a fixed-width font, so don't depend
on spacing for alignment&mdash;<code>godoc</code>, like <code>gofmt</code>,
takes care of that.
Finally, the comments are uninterpreted plain text, so HTML and other
The comments are uninterpreted plain text, so HTML and other
annotations such as <code>_this_</code> will reproduce <i>verbatim</i> and should
not be used.
Depending on the context, <code>godoc</code> might not even
reformat comments, so make sure they look good straight up:
use correct spelling, punctuation, and sentence structure,
fold long lines, and so on.
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