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Comment block not re-wrapped - 100 characters column limit violated

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3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java
Domain
tooling

Research direction

No source file or test is named. Start by reproducing the Java block-comment case with google-java-format, IntelliJ IDEA plugin v1.16.0.2, or fmt-maven-plugin v2.20, then trace comment re-wrapping and its 100-character limit. Done means the long paragraph in a /* ... */ block is automatically re-wrapped.

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Description

Putting that:

/*
 * Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book.
 */

Doesn't lead to a re-wrap of the too long single line while it is mentioned on the Google Java Style Guide the following:

Tip: When writing multi-line comments, use the /* ... */ style if you want automatic code formatters to re-wrap the lines when necessary (paragraph-style). Most formatters don't re-wrap lines in // ... style comment blocks.

So I suppose this is a bug.

Reproducible with:

  • IntelliJ IDEA plugin v1.16.0.2 (latest version available today)
  • fmt-maven-plugin (Spotify) v2.20 (latest version available today)
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