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Date:   Thu, 10 May 2018 09:38:46 -0600
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On Thu, 10 May 2018 11:21:13 -0300
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> wrote:

> The problem with a hint-based mechanism is that it will generate
> false hints. If added, we may end by needing to add extra tags to
> disable the hints mechanism where it gets wrong, or to periodically
> do code changes at kernel-doc comments in order to make the hints
> logic happy.
> 
> So, IMO, we should provide non-hints based mechanism, like forcing the
> string that prepends the colon to have a keyword that will make it to
> parse the block as literal, where expressions like:
> 
> 	See the code-block foo:
> 	See the following code example:
> 	See the following flow diagram:
> 	See the following artwork:
> 
> Is the best alternative to avoid "::", as on the enclosed patch.

But this, too, is a hint-based mechanism.  Thanks for the patches, I'll
keep them around, but I would like an opportunity to try to do better
before applying them.  I fear that using magic words in this way will
lead to a constant stream of surprises, and I'd like to avoid that if
possible...

Thanks,

jon