[ARROW-14768] [C++] Validate formatting of compute function docstrings

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 7.0.0
• Component/s: C++
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/30303
• Assignee: Antoine Pitrou
• Reporter: Antoine Pitrou
• Created: 18/Nov/21 14:22
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 08:42
• Resolved: 18/Nov/21 17:58

Description

There are a couple rules to watch out for when writing compute function docstrings that are only informally (and not consistently) enforced during code review. Ideally we should include a runtime validation routine for them.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #11740