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IDL Problem Code 79 with alias docs-missing-struct

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This problem indicates that there's an opportunity to improve the documentation for your code.

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This issue detects when a structure definition is missing from the documentation for the procedure it is contained in.

Here is an example of the problem:

idl
;+
;
;-
pro MyStruct__define
  compile_opt idl2

  void = {MyStruct, prop1: '', prop2: 42}
  ;       ^^^^^^^^ missing from docs
end

Which can be fixed by adding the structure to the docs:

idl
;+
; :MyStruct:
;   prop1: String
;     First property
;   prop2: Number
;     Second property
;
;-
pro MyStruct__define
  compile_opt idl2

  void = {MyStruct, prop1: '', prop2: 42}
  ;       ^^^^^^^ OK!
end

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