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# Substrate Documentation Guidelines
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This document is focused on documenting parts of substrate that relate to its
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external API. The list of such crates can be found in [CODEOWNERS](./CODEOWNERS).
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Search for the crates auto-assigned to the `docs-audit` team.
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This document is focused on documenting parts of Substrate that relate to its external API. The list of such crates can
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be found in [CODEOWNERS](./CODEOWNERS). Search for the crates auto-assigned to the `docs-audit` team.
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These crates are used by external developers and need thorough documentation.
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They are the most concerned with FRAME development.
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These crates are used by external developers and need thorough documentation. They are the most concerned with FRAME
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development.
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- [Substrate Documentation Guidelines](#substrate-documentation-guidelines)
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- [General/Non-Pallet Crates](#generalnon-pallet-crates)
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@@ -35,22 +34,19 @@ First, consider the case for all such crates, except for those that are pallets.
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The first question is, what should you document? Use this filter:
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1. In the crates assigned to `docs-audit` in [CODEOWNERS](./CODEOWNERS),
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2. All `pub` items need to be documented. If not `pub`, it doesn't appear in the
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rust-docs, and is not public facing.
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2. All `pub` items need to be documented. If not `pub`, it doesn't appear in the rust-docs, and is not public facing.
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* Within `pub` items, sometimes they are only `pub` to be used by another
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internal crate, and you can foresee that this won't be used by anyone else.
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These need **not** be documented thoroughly.
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- Within `pub` items, sometimes they are only `pub` to be used by another internal crate, and you can foresee that
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this won't be used by anyone else. These need **not** be documented thoroughly.
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* Reminder: `trait` items are public by definition if the trait is public.
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- Reminder: `trait` items are public by definition if the trait is public.
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3. All public modules (`mod`) should have reasonable module-level documentation (`//!`).
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#### Rust Docs vs. Code Comments
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Note that anything starting with `///` is an external rust-doc, and everything
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starting with `//` does not appear in the rust-docs.
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It's important to not confuse the two in your documentation.
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Note that anything starting with `///` is an external rust-doc, and everything starting with `//` does not appear in the
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rust-docs. It's important to not confuse the two in your documentation.
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```rust
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/// Computes the square root of the input, returning `Ok(_)` if successful.
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There are good sources to look into:
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- [Rust Documentation Guide](https://doc.rust-lang.org/rustdoc/how-to-write-documentation.html)
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- [Documentation in Rust Book](https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch14-02-publishing-to-crates-io.html#making-useful-documentation-comments)
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- [Guide on Writing Documentation for a Rust Crate](https://blog.guillaume-gomez.fr/articles/2020-03-12+Guide+on+how+to+write+documentation+for+a+Rust+crate)
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- [Documentation in Rust
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Book](https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch14-02-publishing-to-crates-io.html#making-useful-documentation-comments)
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- [Guide on Writing Documentation for a Rust
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Crate](https://blog.guillaume-gomez.fr/articles/2020-03-12+Guide+on+how+to+write+documentation+for+a+Rust+crate)
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As mentioned [here](https://web.mit.edu/rust-lang_v1.25/arch/amd64_ubuntu1404/share/doc/rust/html/book/first-edition/documentation.html#writing-documentation-comments) and [here](https://blog.guillaume-gomez.fr/articles/2020-03-12+Guide+on+how+to+write+documentation+for+a+Rust+crate),
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always start with a **single sentence** demonstrating what is documented. All additional
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documentation should be added *after a newline*. Strive to make the first sentence succinct
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and short.The reason for this is the first paragraph of docs about an item (everything
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before the first newline) is used as the excerpt that rust doc displays about
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this item when it appears in tables, such as the table listing all functions in
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a module. If this excerpt is too long, the module docs will be very difficult
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to read.
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As mentioned
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[here](https://web.mit.edu/rust-lang_v1.25/arch/amd64_ubuntu1404/share/doc/rust/html/book/first-edition/documentation.html#writing-documentation-comments)
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and [here](https://blog.guillaume-gomez.fr/articles/2020-03-12+Guide+on+how+to+write+documentation+for+a+Rust+crate),
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always start with a **single sentence** demonstrating what is documented. All additional documentation should be added
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*after a newline*. Strive to make the first sentence succinct and short.The reason for this is the first paragraph of
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docs about an item (everything before the first newline) is used as the excerpt that rust doc displays about this item
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when it appears in tables, such as the table listing all functions in a module. If this excerpt is too long, the module
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docs will be very difficult to read.
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About [special sections](https://web.mit.edu/rust-lang_v1.25/arch/amd64_ubuntu1404/share/doc/rust/html/book/first-edition/documentation.html#special-sections), we will most likely not need to think about panic and safety in any runtime related code. Our code is never `unsafe`, and will (almost) never panic.
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About [special
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sections](https://web.mit.edu/rust-lang_v1.25/arch/amd64_ubuntu1404/share/doc/rust/html/book/first-edition/documentation.html#special-sections),
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we will most likely not need to think about panic and safety in any runtime related code. Our code is never `unsafe`,
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and will (almost) never panic.
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Use `# Examples as much as possible. These are great ways to further
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demonstrate what your APIs are doing, and add free test coverage. As an
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additional benefit, any code in rust-docs is treated as an "integration tests",
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not unit tests, which tests your crate in a different way than unit tests. So,
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it is both a win for "more documentation" and a win for "more test coverage".
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Use `# Examples as much as possible. These are great ways to further demonstrate what your APIs are doing, and add free
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test coverage. As an additional benefit, any code in rust-docs is treated as an "integration tests", not unit tests,
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which tests your crate in a different way than unit tests. So, it is both a win for "more documentation" and a win for
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"more test coverage".
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You can also consider having an `# Error` section optionally. Of course, this
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only applies if there is a `Result` being returned, and if the `Error` variants
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are overly complicated.
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You can also consider having an `# Error` section optionally. Of course, this only applies if there is a `Result` being
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returned, and if the `Error` variants are overly complicated.
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Strive to include correct links to other items in your written docs as much as
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possible. In other words, avoid \`some_func\` and instead use \[\`some_fund\`\].
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Read more about how to correctly use links in your rust-docs
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[here](https://doc.rust-lang.org/rustdoc/write-documentation/linking-to-items-by-name.html#valid-links)
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and [here](https://rust-lang.github.io/rfcs/1946-intra-rustdoc-links.html#additions-to-the-documentation-syntax).
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Strive to include correct links to other items in your written docs as much as
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possible. In other words, avoid `` `some_func` `` and instead use
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``[`some_func`]``.
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Strive to include correct links to other items in your written docs as much as possible. In other words, avoid
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\`some_func\` and instead use \[\`some_fund\`\]. Read more about how to correctly use links in your rust-docs
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[here](https://doc.rust-lang.org/rustdoc/write-documentation/linking-to-items-by-name.html#valid-links) and
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[here](https://rust-lang.github.io/rfcs/1946-intra-rustdoc-links.html#additions-to-the-documentation-syntax). Strive to
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include correct links to other items in your written docs as much as possible. In other words, avoid `` `some_func` ``
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and instead use ``[`some_func`]``.
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> While you are linking, you might become conscious of the fact that you are
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in need of linking to (too many) foreign items in order to explain your API.
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This is leaning more towards API-Design rather than documentation, but it is a
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warning that the subject API might be slightly wrong. For example, most "glue"
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traits[^1] in `frame/support` should be designed and documented without making
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hard assumptions about particular pallets that implement them.
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> While you are linking, you might become conscious of the fact that you are in need of linking to (too many) foreign
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items in order to explain your API. This is leaning more towards API-Design rather than documentation, but it is a
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warning that the subject API might be slightly wrong. For example, most "glue" traits[^1] in `frame/support` should be
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designed and documented without making hard assumptions about particular pallets that implement them.
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---
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#### TLDR
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0. Have the goal of enforcing `#![deny(missing_docs)]` mentally, even if it is
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not enforced by the compiler 🙈.
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1. Start with a single, clear and concise sentence. Follow up with more context,
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after a newline, if needed.
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0. Have the goal of enforcing `#![deny(missing_docs)]` mentally, even if it is not enforced by the compiler 🙈.
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1. Start with a single, clear and concise sentence. Follow up with more context, after a newline, if needed.
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2. Use examples as much as reasonably possible.
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3. Use links as much as possible.
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4. Think about context. If you are explaining a lot of foreign topics while
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documenting a trait that should not explicitly depend on them, you have likely
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not designed it properly.
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4. Think about context. If you are explaining a lot of foreign topics while documenting a trait that should not
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explicitly depend on them, you have likely not designed it properly.
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---
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#### Proc-Macros
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Note that there are special considerations when documenting proc macros. Doc
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links will appear to function _within_ your proc macro crate, but often will no
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longer function when these proc macros are re-exported elsewhere in your
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project. The exception is doc links to _other proc macros_ which will function
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just fine if they are also being re-exported. It is also often necessary to
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disambiguate between a proc macro and a function of the same name, which can be
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done using the `macro@my_macro_name` syntax in your link. Read more about how to
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correctly use links in your rust-docs [here](https://doc.rust-lang.org/rustdoc/write-documentation/linking-to-items-by-name.html#valid-links)
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and [here](https://rust-lang.github.io/rfcs/1946-intra-rustdoc-links.html#additions-to-the-documentation-syntax).
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Note that there are special considerations when documenting proc macros. Doc links will appear to function _within_ your
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proc macro crate, but often will no longer function when these proc macros are re-exported elsewhere in your project.
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The exception is doc links to _other proc macros_ which will function just fine if they are also being re-exported. It
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is also often necessary to disambiguate between a proc macro and a function of the same name, which can be done using
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the `macro@my_macro_name` syntax in your link. Read more about how to correctly use links in your rust-docs
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[here](https://doc.rust-lang.org/rustdoc/write-documentation/linking-to-items-by-name.html#valid-links) and
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[here](https://rust-lang.github.io/rfcs/1946-intra-rustdoc-links.html#additions-to-the-documentation-syntax).
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---
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### Other Guidelines
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The above five guidelines must always be reasonably respected in the
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documentation.
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The above five guidelines must always be reasonably respected in the documentation.
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The following are a set of notes that may not necessarily hold in all
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circumstances:
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The following are a set of notes that may not necessarily hold in all circumstances:
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---
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#### Document Through Code
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You should make sure that your code is properly-named and well-organized so that
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your code functions as a form of documentation. However, within the complexity
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of our projects in Polkadot/Substrate that is not enough. Particularly, things
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like examples, errors and panics cannot be documented only through properly-
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named and well-organized code.
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You should make sure that your code is properly-named and well-organized so that your code functions as a form of
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documentation. However, within the complexity of our projects in Polkadot/Substrate that is not enough. Particularly,
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things like examples, errors and panics cannot be documented only through properly- named and well-organized code.
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> Our north star is self-documenting code that also happens to be well-documented
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and littered with examples.
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> Our north star is self-documenting code that also happens to be well-documented and littered with examples.
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* Your written documents should *complement* the code, not *repeat* it. As an
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example, a documentation on top of a code example should never look like the
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following:
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- Your written documents should *complement* the code, not *repeat* it. As an example, a documentation on top of a code
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example should never look like the following:
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```rust
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/// Sends request and handles the response.
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}
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```
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In the above example, the documentation has added no useful information not
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already contained within the properly-named trait and is redundant.
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In the above example, the documentation has added no useful information not already contained within the properly-named
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trait and is redundant.
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---
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#### Formatting Matters
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The way you format your documents (newlines, heading and so on) makes a
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difference. Consider the below examples:
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The way you format your documents (newlines, heading and so on) makes a difference. Consider the below examples:
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```rust
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/// This function works with input u32 x and multiplies it by two. If
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// More efficiency can be achieved if we improve this via such and such.
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fn multiply_by_2(x: u32) -> u32 { .. }
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```
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They are both roughly conveying the same set of facts, but one is easier to
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follow because it was formatted cleanly. Especially for traits and types that
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you can foresee will be seen and used a lot, try and write a well formatted
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They are both roughly conveying the same set of facts, but one is easier to follow because it was formatted cleanly.
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Especially for traits and types that you can foresee will be seen and used a lot, try and write a well formatted
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version.
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Similarly, make sure your comments are wrapped at 100 characters line-width (as
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defined by our [`rustfmt.toml`](../rustfmt.toml)), no **more and no less**! The
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more is fixed by `rustfmt` and our CI, but if you (for some unknown reason)
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wrap your lines at 59 characters, it will pass the CI, and it will not look good
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🫣. Consider using a plugin like [rewrap](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=stkb.rewrap) (for Visual Studio Code) to properly do this.
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Similarly, make sure your comments are wrapped at 100 characters line-width (as defined by our
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[`rustfmt.toml`](../rustfmt.toml)), no **more and no less**! The more is fixed by `rustfmt` and our CI, but if you (for
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some unknown reason) wrap your lines at 59 characters, it will pass the CI, and it will not look good 🫣. Consider using
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a plugin like [rewrap](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=stkb.rewrap) (for Visual Studio Code) to
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properly do this.
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[^1]: Those that help two pallets talk to each other.
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## Pallet Crates
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The guidelines so far have been general in nature, and are applicable to crates
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that are pallets and crates that're not pallets.
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The guidelines so far have been general in nature, and are applicable to crates that are pallets and crates that're not
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pallets.
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The following is relevant to how to document parts of a crate that is a pallet.
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See [`pallet-fast-unstake`](../frame/fast-unstake/src/lib.rs) as one example of
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adhering these guidelines.
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The following is relevant to how to document parts of a crate that is a pallet. See
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[`pallet-fast-unstake`](../frame/fast-unstake/src/lib.rs) as one example of adhering these guidelines.
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---
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//!
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//! ### Example
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//!
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//! <Your pallet must have a few tests that cover important user journeys. Use https://crates.io/crates/docify to reuse
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//! these as examples>.
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//!
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//! ## Pallet API
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//!
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//! <Reminder: inside the [`pallet`] module, a template that leads the reader to the relevant items is auto-generated. There is no need to repeat things like "See Config trait for ...", which are generated inside [`pallet`] here anyways. You can use the below line as-is:>
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//! <Reminder: inside the [`pallet`] module, a template that leads the reader to the relevant items is auto-generated.
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//! There is no need to repeat things like "See Config trait for ...", which are generated inside [`pallet`] here anyways.
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//! You can use the below line as-is:>
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//!
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//! See the [`pallet`] module for more information about the interfaces this pallet exposes, including its configuration trait, dispatchables, storage items, events and errors.
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//! See the [`pallet`] module for more information about the interfaces this pallet exposes, including its configuration
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//! trait, dispatchables, storage items, events and errors.
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//!
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//! <The audience of this is those who want to know how this pallet works, to the extent of being able to build something on top of it, like a DApp or another pallet>
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//! <The audience of this is those who want to know how this pallet works, to the extent of being able to build something
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//! on top of it, like a DApp or another pallet>
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//!
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//! This section can most often be left as-is.
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//!
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//!
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//! <The format of this section is up to you, but we suggest the Design-oriented approach that follows>
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//!
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//! <The audience of this would be your future self, or anyone who wants to gain a deep understanding of how the pallet works so that they can eventually propose optimizations to it>
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//! <The audience of this would be your future self, or anyone who wants to gain a deep understanding of how the pallet
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//! works so that they can eventually propose optimizations to it>
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//!
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//! ### Design Goals (optional)
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//!
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//!
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//!
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//! <Describe how you've reached those goals. This should describe the storage layout of your pallet and what was your approach in designing it that way.>
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//! <Describe how you've reached those goals. This should describe the storage layout of your pallet and what was your
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//! approach in designing it that way.>
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//!
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//! ### Terminology (optional)
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//!
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//! <Optionally, explain any non-obvious terminology here. You can link to it if you want to use the terminology further up>
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//! <Optionally, explain any non-obvious terminology here. You can link to it if you want to use the terminology further
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//! up>
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```
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This template's details (heading 3s and beyond) are left flexible, and at the
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discretion of the developer to make the best final choice about. For example,
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you might want to include `### Terminology` or not. Moreover, you might find it
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This template's details (heading 3s and beyond) are left flexible, and at the discretion of the developer to make the
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best final choice about. For example, you might want to include `### Terminology` or not. Moreover, you might find it
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more useful to include it in `## Overview`.
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Nonetheless, the high level flow of going from the most high level explanation
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to the most low level explanation is important to follow.
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Nonetheless, the high level flow of going from the most high level explanation to the most low level explanation is
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important to follow.
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As a rule of thumb, the Heading 2s (`##`) in this template can be considered a
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strict rule, while the Heading 3s (`###`) and beyond are flexible.
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As a rule of thumb, the Heading 2s (`##`) in this template can be considered a strict rule, while the Heading 3s (`###`)
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and beyond are flexible.
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---
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#### Polkadot and Substrate
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Optionally, in order to demonstrate the relation between the two, you can start
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the pallet documentation with:
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Optionally, in order to demonstrate the relation between the two, you can start the pallet documentation with:
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```
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//! > Made with *Substrate*, for *Polkadot*.
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///
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/// ## Errors (optional)
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///
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/// <If an extensive list of errors can be returned, list them individually instead of mentioning them in the section above>
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/// <If an extensive list of errors can be returned, list them individually instead of mentioning them in the section
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/// above>
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///
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/// ## Events (optional)
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///
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@@ -339,29 +327,26 @@ For each dispatchable (`fn` item inside `#[pallet::call]`), consider the followi
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pub fn name_of_dispatchable(origin: OriginFor<T>, ...) -> DispatchResult {}
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```
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Consider the fact that these docs will be part of the metadata of the associated dispatchable, and might be used by wallets and explorers.
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Consider the fact that these docs will be part of the metadata of the associated dispatchable, and might be used by
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wallets and explorers.
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---
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### Storage Items
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1. If a map-like type is being used, always note the choice of your hashers as
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private code docs (`// Hasher X chosen because ...`). Recall that this is not
|
||||
relevant information to external people, so it must be documented as `//`.
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1. If a map-like type is being used, always note the choice of your hashers as private code docs (`// Hasher X chosen
|
||||
because ...`). Recall that this is not relevant information to external people, so it must be documented as `//`.
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2. Consider explaining the crypto-economics of how a deposit is being taken in
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||||
return of the storage being used.
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2. Consider explaining the crypto-economics of how a deposit is being taken in return of the storage being used.
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||||
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3. Consider explaining why it is safe for the storage item to be unbounded, if
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||||
`#[pallet::unbounded]` or `#[pallet::without_storage_info]` is being used.
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||||
3. Consider explaining why it is safe for the storage item to be unbounded, if `#[pallet::unbounded]` or
|
||||
`#[pallet::without_storage_info]` is being used.
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||||
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||||
---
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||||
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||||
### Errors and Events
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||||
Consider the fact that, similar to dispatchables, these docs will be part of
|
||||
the metadata of the associated event/error, and might be used by wallets and
|
||||
explorers.
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||||
Consider the fact that, similar to dispatchables, these docs will be part of the metadata of the associated event/error,
|
||||
and might be used by wallets and explorers.
|
||||
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||||
Specifically for `error`, explain why the error has happened, and what can be
|
||||
done in order to avoid it.
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||||
Specifically for `error`, explain why the error has happened, and what can be done in order to avoid it.
|
||||
|
||||
Reference in New Issue
Block a user