Re: CodeSniffer throw warning for missing filedoc
| From: | Christian Weiske | Date: | Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:44:39 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: CodeSniffer throw warning for missing filedoc | ||
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Hello Harley,
> How would you feel about making the CodeSniffer throw warnings instead
> of errors for missing filedoc comments?
>
> Having both class comment and filedoc comments can be redundant when
> the file only contains 1 class, and nothing outside the class.
>
> Filedoc comments work well if the file contains multiple classes or
> global code.
>
> From my own experience the filedoc is little more than a copy of the
> class comment, with inline license text and the first line from the
> class comment or the class name. It does not really add anything of
> value.
It is only redundant if you have no other code except the class - that
is, no require/include calls, no global functions, no global constants
etc.
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Regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Christian Weiske
-= Geeking around in the name of science since 1982 =-
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