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id: TASK-9
title: Unify Rust documentation style across codebase
status: Done
assignee: []
created_date: '2026-02-24 18:23'
updated_date: '2026-02-24 18:33'
labels: []
dependencies: []
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## Description

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Establish a consistent Rustdoc style for this project so that public and private API documentation follow the same conventions, improving readability and maintenance. This is a coordination task that tracks the style guide update and the codebase-wide doc updates.
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## Acceptance Criteria
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- [x] #1 A documented style guide exists that describes the preferred Rustdoc conventions for this project (attribute placement, multiline format, required sections).
- [x] #2 All relevant code/docs are updated to comply with the new style guide.
- [x] #3 Documentation changes are captured in the same PR as the code updates (no follow-up task required).
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## Implementation Notes

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All subtasks complete: TASK-9.1 (style guide + doc links), TASK-9.2 (doxygen-style function docs + attribute placement), TASK-9.3 (expanded private API docs).
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## Final Summary

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Completed doc style unification across the codebase. Added the Rustdoc style guide (`docs/rustdoc_style.md`) with discoverability links in `README.md` and `AGENTS.md`, converted function docs to the doxygen-style multiline format with attributes placed after doc blocks, and expanded private API documentation to include arguments/returns/errors where applicable. Tests not run (documentation-only).
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