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One way I’ve found is to quote the thing I’m citing. Context and length dependent, of course. This also has the advantage of showing how the doc looked when you
by ExtraE 5y ago
One way I’ve found is to quote the thing I’m citing. Context and length dependent, of course. This also has the advantage of showing how the doc looked when you write the code, so the comment rots less slowly (and if something changes, you can see by comparing the excerpts)
- WalterBright 5y agoI've considered that, but was concerned about copyright issues.
- ExtraE 5y agoInteresting. IANAL but is saying “we have to do this dumb workaround because of xyz” criticism under (US) fair use?
- WalterBright 5y agoYou're probably right, but I don't want to deal with a lawyer on this. It's not worth it.