From 9f827abeb0ad8f4e3ed37af462907a31be7f7cdb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Takayuki Nakata Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2020 09:02:49 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] Add reference to rustc-dev-guide about lint message --- doc/adding_lints.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/adding_lints.md b/doc/adding_lints.md index 168092f7329c..3c782e9b17ff 100644 --- a/doc/adding_lints.md +++ b/doc/adding_lints.md @@ -295,8 +295,14 @@ impl EarlyLintPass for FooFunctions { Running our UI test should now produce output that contains the lint message. +According to [the rustc-dev-guide], the text should be matter of fact and avoid +capitalization and periods, unless multiple sentences are needed. +When code or an identifier must appear in a message or label, it should be +surrounded with single acute accents \`. + [check_fn]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/rustc_lint/trait.EarlyLintPass.html#method.check_fn [diagnostics]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/blob/master/clippy_lints/src/utils/diagnostics.rs +[the rustc-dev-guide]: https://rustc-dev-guide.rust-lang.org/diagnostics.html ## Adding the lint logic