A forum post proposes an experimental change to how Erlang/OTP documentation is generated with ExDoc, collapsing multiple function-arity signatures into a single entry using an equivalence symbol (≡), mirroring how the older erl_docgen tool presented docs. The author built a heuristic based on 'equiv' doc metadata and function specs to decide when to merge signatures or types, with a fallback to standard ExDoc output when the heuristic fails. A generated preview of Erlang/OTP 29.0-rc2 docs with this feature is shared for community feedback on whether the more compact format is an improvement.
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