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Rollup merge of #93217 - willcrichton:example-analyzer, r=GuillaumeGomez
Improve Rustdoc UI for scraped examples with multiline arguments, fix overflow in line numbers
This PR improves a few aspects of the scrape examples feature in Rustdoc.
* Only function names and not the full call expression are highlighted.
* For call-sites with multiline arguments, the minimized code viewer will scroll to the top of the call-site rather than the middle if the argument is larger than the viewer size, ensuring that the function name is visible.
* This fixes an issue where the line numbers column had a visible x-scroll bar.
r? `@GuillaumeGomez`
Rustdoc has an unstable feature where it can automatically scrape examples of items being documented from the `examples/` directory of a Cargo workspace. These examples will be included within the generated documentation for that item. For example, if your library contains a public function:
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```rust,ignore (needs-other-file)
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// a_crate/src/lib.rs
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pub fn a_func() {}
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```
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And you have an example calling this function:
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```rust,ignore (needs-other-file)
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// a_crate/examples/ex.rs
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fn main() {
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a_crate::a_func();
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}
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```
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Then this code snippet will be included in the documentation for `a_func`. This documentation is inserted by Rustdoc and cannot be manually edited by the crate author.
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## How to use this feature
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This feature is unstable, so you can enable it by calling Rustdoc with the unstable `rustdoc-scrape-examples` flag:
When you run `cargo doc`, Rustdoc will analyze all the crates that match Cargo's `--examples` filter for instances of items being documented. Then Rustdoc will include the source code of these instances in the generated documentation.
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Rustdoc has a few techniques to ensure these examples don't overwhelm documentation readers, and that it doesn't blow up the page size:
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1. For a given item, a maximum of 5 examples are included in the page. The remaining examples are just links to source code.
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2. Only one example is shown by default, and the remaining examples are hidden behind a toggle.
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3. For a given file that contains examples, only the item containing the examples will be included in the generated documentation.
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For a given item, Rustdoc sorts its examples based on the size of the example — smaller ones are shown first.
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## FAQ
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### My example is not showing up in the documentation
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This feature uses Cargo's convention for finding examples. You should ensure that `cargo check --examples` includes your example file.
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