Re: [RFC PATCH] rust: enable rustdoc's `--generate-link-to-definition`

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Don't hesitate if you encounter any bug to tell me so I can fix them.

Any feedback is also very appreciated!


Le dim. 25 août 2024 à 22:22, Miguel Ojeda
<miguel.ojeda.sandonis@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>
> On Sun, Aug 18, 2024 at 4:13 PM Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > In Rust 1.56.0 [1], rustdoc introduced the "jump to definition"
> > feature [2], i.e. the unstable flag `--generate-link-to-definition`.
> > It adds links to the source view of the documentation.
> >
> > For instance, in the source view of `rust/kernel/sync.rs`, for this code:
> >
> >     impl Default for LockClassKey {
> >         fn default() -> Self {
> >             Self::new()
> >         }
> >     }
> >
> > It will add three hyperlinks:
> >
> >   - `Default` points to the rendered "Trait `core::default::Default`"
> >     page (not the source view, since it goes to another crate, though
> >     this may change).
> >
> >   - `LockClassKey` points to the `pub struct LockClassKey(...);` line
> >     in the same page, highlighting the line number.
> >
> >   - `Self::new()` points to the `pub const fn new() -> Self { ... }`
> >     associated function, highlighting its line numbers (i.e. for the
> >     full function).
> >
> > This makes the source view more useful and a bit closer to the experience
> > in e.g. the Elixir Cross Referencer [3].
> >
> > I have provisionally enabled it for rust.docs.kernel.org [4] -- one can
> > take a look at the source view there for an example of how it looks like.
> >
> > Thus enable it.
> >
> > Cc: Guillaume Gomez <guillaume1.gomez@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/84176 [1]
> > Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/89095 [2]
> > Link: https://elixir.bootlin.com [3]
> > Link: https://rust.docs.kernel.org [4]
> > Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Applied to `rust-next` -- thanks!
>
> Let's enable this since it has already been useful for people. If it
> happens to break, we can always disable it. And it may help getting it
> stabilized.
>
> Cheers,
> Miguel





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